Define social control and discuss its relationship to delinquency in Thrasher’s (1927, 2000) social disorganization theory.
What will be an ideal response?
Social control refers to conventional institutions such as family, education, and religion that support prosocial development. According to Thrasher (1927, 2000), in areas where neighborhood conditions are compromised due to structural conditions such as poverty, residential instability, and population heterogeneity, social control mechanisms are ineffective, thus leading to disorganization and crime/delinquency.
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