From bridges@u.washington.edu Wed Feb 15 05:27:39 PST 1995 >From bridges@u.washington.edu Wed Feb 15 05:27:38 1995 Return-Path: Received: from hardy.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA19911; Wed, 15 Feb 95 05:27:38 -0800 Received: by hardy.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA29416; Wed, 15 Feb 95 05:27:38 -0800 X-Sender: bridges@hardy.u.washington.edu Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 05:27:37 -0800 (PST) From: George Bridges To: soc271-l@u.washington.edu Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Questions In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Chari: I agree that these theories don't give individuals much credit in the sense that they make choices on their own. But you've got to remember that sociologists believe, as research clearly supports the idea that, peoples actions are influenced by their social environment -- independent of who they are. The single most important quesiton we are interested in is which factors in the environment have greatest influence. In this sense, I think social control theory has a lot to offer. George B. On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, Cheri Norris wrote: > I think it is a good theory in some ways, but it doesn't give people much > credit. > > On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, George Bridges wrote: > > > > > Folks: > > > > Not too much discussion going on. What do you think about control theory > > -- the material we are covering now? > > > > Does it make intuitive sense? Are there types of deviance it doesn't > > explain? How would it explain white collar crime? > > > > What do you think about the theory's assumption that the human character > > desires to break rules -- essentially, that we are fundamentally "bad" -- > > and that society is what keeps most of us in check most of the time? > > Agree or disagree. > > > > George B. > > > .