CRJS 2001 Walden Social Control Crime and Social Media Discussion Learning Resources REQUIRED RESOURCES Readings Inderbitzin, M., Bates, K. A., & Gainey, R

CRJS 2001 Walden Social Control Crime and Social Media Discussion Learning Resources
REQUIRED RESOURCES
Readings
Inderbitzin, M., Bates, K. A., & Gainey, R. R. (2017). Deviance and social control: A sociological perspective (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 7, “Social Control Theories of Deviance” (pp. 271–317)
Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective, 2nd Edition by Inderbitzin, M.; Bates, K. A.; Gainey, R. R. Copyright 2017 by Sage College. Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Entner Wright, B. R., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., & Silva, P. A. (1999). Low self-control, social bonds, and crime: Social causation, social selection, or both? Criminology, 37(3), 479–514.

Klinger, D. A. (1997). Negotiating order in patrol work: An ecological theory of police response to deviance. Criminology, 35(2), 277–306.

McNeill, F., Farrall, S., Lightowler, C., & Maruna, S. (2012). How and why people stop offending: Discovering desistance. Insights, 15, 2–12. Retrieved from http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/79860/1/79860.pdf

Surette, R. (2016, January 28). How social media is changing the way people commit crimes and police fight them [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2016/01/28/how-so…

Wickes, R., Hipp, J., Sargeant, E., & Mazerolle, L. (2017). Neighborhood social ties and shared expectations for informal social control: Do they influence informal social control actions? Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 33(1), 101–129.

Discussion: Social Control, Crime, and Social Media

What are the implications of citizens broadcasting the events of a crime as it occurs or of a community tragedy being replayed on millions of phones in the moment? Consider the theories of social control in light of one of the most profound modern changes to human society: social media. Then, consider how social media may affect perceptions of crime, both as it occurs and in its aftermath.

In this Discussion, you analyze social control theory in relationship to crime and social media.

Your Instructor will point you to a current event that relates to the intersection of social media and social control. Or, your Instructor may provide the opportunity for you to contribute your own contemporary example.

BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 3

Post:

Analyze the degree to which social media affects social control in the current event your Instructor has chosen or in the example you contributed.
Is it practical and/or ethical to attempt to mitigate the effect of social media or media on social control? How could your response change the current event or the example you contributed?
BY DAY 5 OF WEEK 3

Respond to at least two colleagues, responding specifically to each colleague’s second part of the post:

Explain how your colleague could help their community, or other communities, bridge misperceptions about crime.
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Grading Criteria
To access your rubric:
Week 3 Discussion Rubric

Post by Day 3 of Week 3 and Respond by Day 5 of Week 3
To participate in this Discussion:
Week 3 Discussion

Assignment: Social Control Theory

This week, you focused on how social control theories may explain behavior—deviant or criminal—and the different ways in which they are characterized or manifested by examining the origins of social control theories on behavior. In this Assignment, you write a paper that provides the opportunity for you to demonstrate your understanding of these concepts and how they are related.

BY DAY 7 OF WEEK 3

Submit a 500- to 750-word paper in which you address the following:

Describe social control theory and include the following as part of your description:
2 or 3 examples of social control
2 or 3 systems of social control
2 or 3 agents of social control
Choose two pairs of social control and compare the forms of social control within each pair:
Direct vs. indirect
Positive vs. negative
Conscious vs. unconscious
Formal vs. informal
Real vs. artificial
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