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Control Balance - Toward A General Theory Of Deviance (Paperback, New Ed)
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Control Balance - Toward A General Theory Of Deviance (Paperback, New Ed)
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A major contribution to the field of crime/deviance, this volume by
noted criminologist Charles R. Tittle puts forth an integrated
theory of deviance--control balance. Its central premise is that
the total amount of control people are subjected to, relative to
the control they can exercise, will affect the probability and type
of their deviant behavior.In developing control balance, Tittle
critically reviews other general theories such as anomie, Marxian
conflict, social control, differential association/social learning,
labelling, and routine activities and offers reasons why those
theories are insufficient. Using real-world examples to illustrate
his argument, he contends that deviance results from the
convergence of four variables, each of which represents an
interactive nexus of several inputs, including most prominently a
control imbalance. The variables are predisposition, motivation,
opportunity, and constraint. Control balance theory also explains
six basic types of deviance, ranging from predation, defiance, and
submissiveness on one end of a control ratio continuum to
exploitation, plunder, and decadence on the other.Tittle conceives
of control balance as a continuation, or temporary culmination, of
the collective efforts of crime/deviance scholars who have gone
before, presenting it as a vehicle for trying to achieve a fully
adequate general theory of deviance.
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