 | Internet Exercises
- Studies show, according to your text, that school
violence is increasing in the U.S.
Internet Exercise: Go
to the website (www.ncsu.edu/cpsv/)
and summarize the main reasons given for the increase in school violence. - In this chapter the theory of "Social Control"
is mentioned.
Internet Exercise: Go
to the website (www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/crime/s_contro.htm)
and explain the main components of this criminological theory. - Internet Exercise: The following web link provides an informative overview of social control theory:
(home.comcast.net/~ddemelo/crime/s_control.html)
- Based on the material found within this web link, briefly summarize the main assumptions of social control theory as applied to crime.
- Who is the best-known social control theorist?
- What is the basic premise of Matza's "drift theory?"
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