Social Factors
What are Sociological theories?
Theories that base the behavior of a delinquent on factors that are outside of their control.
Who coined the phrase "Culture of Poverty"?
Oscar Louis (1966)
What is social process theory?
Delinquent attitudes are learned from family members, friends, and peers.
What is Delinquent prevention?
Social programs designed to reduce or eliminate delinquency.
What is a view of Critical Theory?
Delinquent behavior is a function of the capitalist system’s inherent inequity.
What are the social factors that are believed to effect delinquents?
Interpersonal reactions and Social conditions.
What is the view of social structure theories?
The view that lower class people form their own norms and values.
What are Social Learning Theories?
The idea that children are born good and learn to be bad.
What is an example of Social Structure Theory prevention?
Operation Weed and Seed.
What is Cultural Deviance Theory?
The formation of independent subcultures with a unique set of values that clash with the mainstream culture.
What is an interpersonal interaction?
Social relationships with family members, friends, and peers.
What is Strain Theory?
Strain theory is a condition caused by the failure to achieve one's goals.
Who made the differential association theory?
Edwin Sutherland.
What is an example of Social Process Theory prevention?
The Boys and Girls Club.
What is an example of Cultural Deviance Theory?
Youths joining gangs, to reject a culture that has already rejected them.
What social factors effect youth?
Poverty and Racial Disparity.
What is General Strain Theory?
Links delinquency to the strain of being locked out of the economic mainstream, which leads to anger and frustration.
What are social reaction and labeling theories?
Delinquency caused by “stigma” applied by agents of social control, including official and unofficial institutions
What is an example of labeling Theory prevention?
Deinstitutionalization
What is a belief of Critical Theory?
That the rich may or may not commit as many crimes as the poor, but are not arrested as mcuh.
What are the 3 main sociological theoretical groups?
Social Structure Theories
Social Process Theories
Critical Theories
What is Social Disorganization?
Results of conditions that exist within certain neighborhoods in cities.
What is labeling Theory?
Youth are labeled delinquents by agencies. This labeling gives the kid a feeling to accept the label of being a delinquent.
What is an example of Critical Theory prevention?
Restorative justice
When did critical theory began?
In 1930.