Cohen, Bruce (1979) Theory and Problems of
Introduction to Sociology. Schaum’s Outline Series. New York:
McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Poor” www.gatesfoundation.org
Gibbs, Jack P. (1989) Control:
Sociology’s Central Notion. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
[Themes covered in the book include: The notion of control; basic types of
control; inanimate, biotic and human control; and conflict and social class. Gibbs
touches on the consensus-conflict debate, arguing that “The opposite of
consensus is dissensus, not conflict” (p. 287). Has brief but interesting
comments on certain leading conflict theorists]
Gibbs, Jack (1990) “The
Sociology of Deviance and Social Control”, pp. 483-524, in Morris Rosenberg
and Ralph. H. Turner, eds. 1990. Social
Psychology: Sociological Perspectives. New Brunswick, NY: Transaction
Publishers, Rutgers.
Hirschi, Travis (1971) Causes
of Delinquency. Berkeley: University of California Press. [This is
a preview. Read what you can about Perspectives on Delinquency, Causes of
Delinquency, Strain Theory Control Theory of Delinquency, Conventional
Activities]
Social Engineering Texts [Note that the
Sociologist’s understanding and usage of
the term social engineering is contrary to the misleading
usages/definitions of the terms – usages
perhaps based on extreme interpretation or implementation of the idea of
“psychological manipulation” – that have in the last five or so clogged the
Google search engine. I have in mind terms such as: phishing, confidence
trick/trickster, pretexting, ‘diversion theft’, computer/information security,
‘forced’ system access (or break-in or hacking), fraud and deception. Here are
some texts to keep you on the right track]:
a. Sociological
conceptualization of “Social Engineering”.
See http://www.thefreedictionary.com
Williams, Katherine S. 2012. Textbook
on Criminology. 7th Edition. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. [Read Chapter 13 on
Control Theories, pp. 370-403]
Yambo, Mauri (2016) “Topic
4: Social Differentiation, Stratification and Class” www.mauriyambo.blogspot.com
