Early social control theories like those of Albert Reiss and Scott Blair in the 1950s emphasized that juvenile delinquents have weak egos and failed to develop self-esteem in childhood, and that those less concerned about social standing were more likely to break the law. Their behavior is controlled by “attachment and commitment to conventional institutions”, while those who lack this will not be deterred from deviance by threats of punishment because “they have little to lose” (Siegel, 2012, p. If they break the law, they fear that the consequences will hurt their families, result in the loss of status, employment and job opportunities, and damage their standing in the community. Social Control theorists maintain that most people obey the laws, rules and regulations of mainstream society because they have been trained and socialized to do so, and have also developed an internal moral sense. Tre could have gone in this direction as well, but the influence of his father Furious was decisive in preventing this. Tre and his girlfriend Nia long manage to escape from this neighborhood in the end and go off to college in Atlanta, while Ricky and Doughboy die in gang-related violence.
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Certainly the brutal and racist police force and government authorities portrayed in the movie cannot accomplish this, since their solution to the social and economic problems in the ghetto is simply to imprison or shoot as many black males as possible. Unlike the other characters, Tre has a very strong father-figure who keeps him connected with mainstream society and thus helps him avoid the drug trade and gang violence that claim the lives of so many other young black men. This theory applies most accurately to Tre Styles and his father Furious, whose influence prevents his son from becoming involved in crime and drug dealing or from dying in gang violence like so many of his friends.īoyz n the Hood (1991) is an example of social control theory as applied to an impoverished inner-city ghetto where crime, gangs and drugs are rampant, and is particularly important in for the character Tre Styles and his father Furious. Law enforcement bias is more evident in poor and minority communities with high levels of social breakdown and pathology. Poverty, segregation and racism are the main causes of social and community breakdown that have led to high rates of crime, violence and delinquency in the inner cities. Numerous studies of juvenile delinquents over the last forty years have confirmed Hirschi’s views that such youths do feel detached from society and conventional morality, and have a weak attachment to family, friends and school.
Travis Hirshi wrote the classic work on social control theory, Causes of Delinquency in 1969.
Social Control theorists maintain that most people obey the laws, rules and regulations of mainstream society because they have been trained and socialized to do so, while those who are more likely to become criminals and delinquents have weal social and community bonds.
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