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    Social workers work with victims of sexual abuse very often. Sexual abuse can happen in places and situations that people may not think of. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation recently released an article, “Mounties off apology and $100M compensation for harassment, sexual abuse against female members”, outlining the amount discrimination, sexual abuse, and harassment occurring in the RCMP. The article claims that since 1974, about 20,000 current and past female RCMP employees have…

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    demonstrates anti-social and criminal behavior. This type of aggressive behavior requires immediate attentiveness and concentration because it is comprised of several factors. The main and key element of this conduct is socialization. Socialization is encompassed by several sub topics, in which, affects any individual and can cause social interferences. There are several factors that can manipulate a developing child’s social behavior such as interpersonal interactions, ecological conditions,…

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    Social Control Theory was developed by Travis Hirschi in 1969. The Social Control Theory is a theory that indicates that people will commit crimes when their social bonds are weakened. According to the textbook Hirschi believes that social bonds are our connection to society and crimes. Social bond is made up of four elements 1. Attachment, 2. Commitment, 3. Involvement and 4. Belief. Attachment is when you feel sensitive and have feelings for others. Commitment is when you care about what other…

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    the apparent tools of social control (Conrad, 1992, p. 215). Early analysts indicated that medical social control would likely replace other forms of control; while this has not occurred, it can be argued that medical social control has continued to expand (Conrad, 1992, p. 215-216). While numerous definitions of medical social control have been offered, in terms of medicalization, "The greatest social control power comes from having the authority to define certain behaviors, persons and things"…

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    theories in criminology aim to explain why one commits crime. However, Hirschi’s social control theory allows us to think of crime from another perspective - why does one choose not to commit crime. Hirschi thinks that we are all animals and it is in our nature to commit crime; thus he wants to find out what exactly convinced us not to commit crime. He has come up with four elements that determine if we have the self control to choose not to commit crime: attachment to others; commitment to…

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    Developed by Travis Hirschi, Social Control Theory, gave a clearer picture of what a social bond was. According to Hirschi, individuals are susceptible to committing crime and that the conventional bond that is formed with the individual prevents or reduces their offending. Social bond is characterized by four elements: attachment, involvement, commitment, and belief in regards to committing crime (Williams & McShane, 2014, p.168). Attachment helps create conformity. Involvement entails how much…

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    Social Control Theory was composed by Travis Hirschi in the late 1960s. The basic concept behinds this theory was that individual’s strong attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief promote a lawful environment. In the case of Gary Gilmore, Social Control Theory could be used to explain many of his delinquent and subsequent criminal behaviors. Leading up to his death in front of a firing squad, Gary’s life was set to be filled with rejection, abandonment, resentment. From the moment he…

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    compared to Japan. Irish’s control theory and the labeling theory sheds light onto the differences in crime. The crime rate differentiates because of culture. America’s ways of punishment on crime is not the same as Japans. Certain crimes in the united states compared to Japan’s are not seen as “serious”, which leads to different forms of punishment for the same crime. Hirschi’s conflict theory states that “social control is directly affected by the strength of social bonds and that deviance…

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    Deviance and Social Control What is a “deviant” act? It is the be behavior that violates social norms and expectation. Deviant act can be spotted as an outsider in the social world. They can be categorized into two groups; the informal and formal (Chambliss, 2014, 264). The formal deviance takes back to the concepts of criminal acts and can be punished by the law. The informal deviant acts are more related to the negation of the social norm (Chambliss, 2014, 269). There is also the positive…

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    The Impact of Gun Control in America’s Social Order What is our common goal in life? Is it to have wealthy lifestyle? Is it to find a dream job? Many of us want to achieve the American dream. The ability to live freely, acquire property and enjoy everything we worked hard for. But, what would be the consequences of wanting more but not wanting to work? While some go out and work their way up and obtain the life they dream for, others wanted an easy way of getting things. If people want to get…

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