Social Control Theory and Delinquency

Title : A critique of social bonding and control theory of delinquency

The present paper first describes the refined principles of Psychology of Mind (POM) and shows how their logical interaction can help explain the comparative amounts of both deviant and conforming behavior engaged in by youthful offenders. The logic of these principles is then used to examine the major assumptions of social bonding and control theory of delinquency focusing predominantly on the...

family's social capital and delinquency

nowadays it is believed that social capital has influential role both in decreasing expenses of activities and people's success in attaining their aims. social capital is one of the theories that explain social pathology by combining criminology theories with micro and macro level discussions about social structures and networks. this study empirically investigates the relationship between...

Sociological Theory and Social Control

Social Determinants in Juvenile Delinquency

QUENCY. By T. Earl Sullenger, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology in the Municipal University of Omaha. Published New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. London, Chapman and Hall. 17/6. Among the scientific and pseudo-scientific works on social subjects that pour in a steady flow from the American press, many seem to have only moderate interest for the English student. Conditions are so different, and th...

Theory and Research: The Social Context of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice

• Introduction • The Political and Economic Context of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice • The Family and Delinquency • Schools and Delinquency • The Community and Delinquency • Peer associations and Delinquency • The Social Context of Delinquency Theories • The Social Context of Juvenile Justice • The Infl uence of the Political Economy on the Practice of Juvenile Justice  ChaPTEr OU...