Self-Control and Social Bonds: A Combined Control Perspective on Juvenile Offending

With longitudinal data from a sample of 359 adolescent offenders, we tested three measures of social bonding (conventional moral belief, attachment, and commitment/involvement) and deviant peer association as outcomes of low self-control and as mediators of the effect of low self-control on juvenile...

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Authors: Longshore, Douglas (Author) ; Chang, Eunice (Author) ; Messina, Nena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2005, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 419-437
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Keywords:
Juvenile offending
Social bonds
Self-control
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Summary:With longitudinal data from a sample of 359 adolescent offenders, we tested three measures of social bonding (conventional moral belief, attachment, and commitment/involvement) and deviant peer association as outcomes of low self-control and as mediators of the effect of low self-control on juvenile offending. Low self-control was negatively related to each bonding measure, positively related to deviant peer association, and positively related to offending at follow-up. Its effect on offending was fully mediated by conventional moral belief and attachment. These results provide modest support for a combination of self-control and social bonding perspectives on juvenile offending.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-005-7359-2