CONTROL THEORY

OF DEVAINCE
• In sociology, Control theory of deviance states that, people refrain from
deviance acts due to diverse control factors which control their impulses
to break social norms
• Week bonds between the individual and society can free people to
deviate.
• Strong bonds make deviance costly.
• The theory deals with what makes people refrain from deviance
• It was first developed by Walter Reckless, Hirschi, Robert Crutchfield
• Became prominent in the 1960s
RECKLESS WALTER

•INNER CONTROLS
•OUTER CONTROLS
TRAVIS HIRSCHI

•Attachment
•Commitment
•Beliefs
•Involvement
CONCLUSION
• Self-control through socialization
 CONFLICT THEORY
• Conflicts between individual and group
• The institution’s ability to change norms, wealth or status comes
into conflict with the individual
• The theory states that the powerful define crime
• Laws are instruments of oppression

MARXISM – STEVEN SPITZER, GEOGE RUSCHE,

MICHEL FOUCAULT
 THE FUNCTIONALIST VIEW
• Functions of deviance to society
• Emile Durkheim- deviance is functional for society,
because it contributes to social order:
1. Deviance clarifies moral boundaries and affirms
norms
2. Deviance promotes social unity
3. It promote social change
 DYSFUNTIONS OF DEVIANCE

• Negative effects on society

1. Disruption of social order
2. Confusion of norms and values
3. Diversion of resources