Ac 2.1

Question 1

Describe internal form of social control

Answer 1

Internal reasons to why we regulate behaviour

Question 2

What reasons are there for internal social control

Answer 2

Moral conscience- superego, Id, ego- superego creates guilt for Id.
Tradition- religious practices, internalized
Rational ideology- internalize rules telling us right or wrong

Question 3

What theory supports internal social control.

Answer 3

Freud’s tripartite theory- moral conscience.

Question 4

Describe external social control

Answer 4

Outside factors which affect how we act/behave

Question 5

What explains external social control and describe them.

Answer 5

Coercion- threat exist, people dotn want threat to happen.
Fear of punishment- harsh sentence + prison better offending

Question 6

What supports external social control

Answer 6

Operant conditioning- learn through conditioning.

Question 7

Describe Hirschis theory to control theory

Answer 7

Bonds to society, delinquency breaks bonds. Reason considered before commiting crime- attachment- how others think?, commitment- what could be lost?, involvement- how involved in society?, belief- how strong is belief?

Question 8

Describe parenting as a theory to control theory.

Answer 8

Gotlfredson- parents important in bond forming- absent parenting causes delinquency.

Question 9

Describe Walter recklesses theory to control theory

Answer 9

Effective socialisation provides internal containment- surpress criminal psychological tendencies

Question 10

Describe the feminist theory to control theory

Answer 10

Heidenson- if women closely controlled then they have less opportunity to offend.
Carlen- female offenders didn’t attach to parents or abused in care