There are a number of reasons that may play into reasons as to why an individual would want join a gang. Both social control theories and subcultural theories offer different ideas and perspectives. It may be for security, acceptance, unity or even a way to rebel against to the real issue. It’s a method of trying to control a certain situation or circumstance. Social control theory looks at different ways and ideas that influence an individual’s behavior in order to get them to obey a set of rules or ideals set forth by society. The influences of family and school, religious beliefs, moral values, friends, and even ideas about our government. The more a person believes and the more conformed an individual is to a societal set of standards
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A. Ross, one of the original founders of American sociology. Ross theorized that a set of beliefs instead of laws determined what an individual would do and eventually served to determined their behavior. Social control theory has been looked at as an overall way to control the behavior of any certain society. Social control theory is founded in studies of laws, customs and ideologies describing a ton of ways to control a group of people. To many, the value of some sort of social control lies in the ability to regulate how a society regulates its members. Social control explains what is considered deviant behavior, what is right or wrong, and what a violation of the law is (Adler, Mueller, & …show more content…
When it comes to crime subcultural theories are used to explain the delinquency in lower-class males, especially for those within your everyday teenage gang. Some subcultural theorists state that delinquent subcultures like many, are the result of certain problems that members of the dominant culture do not experience. These theories where developed by Albert Cohen, Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin and are an offshoot of other theories such as the strain, social disorganization, and differential association theories. Another set of theories of delinquency set forth by Marvin Wolfgang , Franco Ferracuti and by Walter Miller are in many ways different from those of Cohen and Clowad (Adler et al.,
A. Ross, one of the original founders of American sociology. Ross theorized that a set of beliefs instead of laws determined what an individual would do and eventually served to determined their behavior. Social control theory has been looked at as an overall way to control the behavior of any certain society. Social control theory is founded in studies of laws, customs and ideologies describing a ton of ways to control a group of people. To many, the value of some sort of social control lies in the ability to regulate how a society regulates its members. Social control explains what is considered deviant behavior, what is right or wrong, and what a violation of the law is (Adler, Mueller, & …show more content…
When it comes to crime subcultural theories are used to explain the delinquency in lower-class males, especially for those within your everyday teenage gang. Some subcultural theorists state that delinquent subcultures like many, are the result of certain problems that members of the dominant culture do not experience. These theories where developed by Albert Cohen, Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin and are an offshoot of other theories such as the strain, social disorganization, and differential association theories. Another set of theories of delinquency set forth by Marvin Wolfgang , Franco Ferracuti and by Walter Miller are in many ways different from those of Cohen and Clowad (Adler et al.,