Period of Social Control Theories (6 déc. 1960 – 6 avr. 1990)

Description:

Quickly increasing crime rate from the 1960s-1990s….

Towards the end of the american civil rights movement….

The 1960s were marked by street protests, rioting, civil unrest, antiwar protests (eg. Vietnam War was taking place)….

During the time of the Nixon administration (included high crime rates, high unemployment, high cost of living, drugs were lucrative in inner cities, war on drugs, etc…)