Testing a psychosocial control theory of delinquency
This article reviews the theoretical and empirical grounds for incorporating aspects of personal control in Hirschi's (1969) social control theory of delinquency. A subsequent test of the resultant psychosocial control perspective, conducted with 793 Australian secondary-school students, indica...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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1990
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Criminal justice and behavior
Año: 1990, Volumen: 17, Número: 2, Páginas: 215-230 |
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| Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. IFK: 6913 |
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| Sumario: | This article reviews the theoretical and empirical grounds for incorporating aspects of personal control in Hirschi's (1969) social control theory of delinquency. A subsequent test of the resultant psychosocial control perspective, conducted with 793 Australian secondary-school students, indicates that it has greater explanatory power than Hirschi's model. Fifty-two percent of the variance in self-reported delinquency was accounted for by a combination of the social control variables of belief in the moral validity of the law, liking for school, and parental bonding; the personal control variables of impulse control and emotional empathy; and the background variables of sex, age, and broken home status |
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| ISSN: | 0093-8548 |