Google Scholar “Social Control Theory: The Salience of Components by Age, Gender, and Type of Crime.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, October. Albert John Reiss, Jr. (December 9, 1922 – April 27, 2006) was an American sociologist and criminologist. Specified as social control theory, later known as social bonding theory, Hirschi’s (1969) theory revolves around the Deviance and crime occur because of inadequate constraints. Page 6 of 12 Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory: Reckless, Walter C.: Containment Theory Reiss discussed the predictive value of personal and social controls on delinquent behavior in his influential work with Chicago The results indicate that social control

Although social control theory is a popular theory, it was created without addressing a control whose importance was suggested by several of the authors from whom Hirschi borrowed - religion. Social control theories, however, focus primarily on external factors and the processes by which they become effective. Reiss’s theory of personal and social control states that “delinquency results when there is a relative absence of internalized norms and rules governing behavior in conformity with the norms of the social system to which legal [4][5] He served as the William Graham Sumner Professor of Sociology at Yale University from 1970 until his retirement in 1993. (1969) work on social bonds that superseded earlier versions of control theories from Reiss (1951) and Nye (1958). 16 Basic Desires Theory Sarah Mae Sincero 32.9K reads A theory of motivation by Steven Reiss, the 16 Basic Desires Theory talks about the sixteen fundamental needs, values and drives that motivate a person.