Author Question: Social control theory suggests that a. crime occurs when the forces that bind people to society ... (Read 54 times)

LaDunn · **on:** Aug 12, 2018

Social control theory suggests that

a. crime occurs when the forces that bind people to society are weakened or broken.
b. only males have significant potential to become criminals.
c. crime is a learned behavior.
d. people become criminals when significant members of society label them as such.

Question 2

Identify and discuss four factors that affect chronic delinquency.

What will be an ideal response?

strudel15 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 12, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

Individual Factors
Early antisocial behavior
Emotional factors, such as high behavioral activation and low behavioral inhibition
Poor cognitive development
Low intelligence
Hyperactivity

School and Community Factors
Failure to bond to school
Poor academic performance
Low academic aspirations
Living in a poor family
Neighborhood disadvantage
Disorganized neighborhoods
Concentration of delinquent peer groups
Access to weapons

Family Factors
Parenting
Maltreatment
Family violence
Divorce
Parental psychopathology
Familial antisocial behaviors
Teenage parenthood
Family structure
Large family size

Peer Factors
Association with deviant peers
Peer rejection