RT Article
T1 Evaluating Self-Control Theory Among the Deaf Community
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 67
IS 5
SP 524
OP 545
A1 Smith, Tony R.
A2 Scott, Jason D.
A2 Porter, Judy L.
A2 McQuiller Williams, LaVerne
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1837644993
AB This study evaluates the generality of self-control theory with a previously untested cultural group rarely studied by criminologists, the Deaf community. Survey data (n = 428) from participants attending a university that houses a college for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing were compared with a sample of “hearing” students. The findings support Gottfredson and Hirschi’s cultural invariance thesis as self-control was consistently able to predict a wide range of rule-breaking behaviors among the culturally distinct groups examined. However, several unexpected results challenge the parental management thesis. In particular, exposure to effective parenting techniques was a significant contributor to variations in self-control for the hearing, but not the Deaf sample. Additionally, self-control did not fully mediate the relationship between child-rearing experiences and norm violating behaviors for the Deaf sample. Implications of these findings are discussed.
K1 parental management
K1 deaf culture
K1 cultural invariance
K1 Self-control
DO 10.1177/0306624X211049186