Do birds of a feather really flock together?: friendships, self-control similarity and deviant behaviour

In addition to research consistently linking self-control to crime, a person’s level of self-control is hypothesized to be the root cause of why friendships form. Namely, people with low self-control should ‘flock together’ in highly deviant friendships, and, inversely, persons with high self-contro...

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Main Author: Boman, John H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 57, Issue: 5, Pages: 1208-1229
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Homophily
Friendships
Self-control
Deviance
Devianz
Homophilie