Reconceptualizing Social Bonds for Emerging Adults

Social bond theory argues that weak bonds (e.g., relationships, values, activities) with society facilitate engagement in crime and deviance. As these bonds are strengthened, young people grow out of deviance and into prosocial adulthood roles. Social bond theory has four classic components: Attachm...

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Authors: Nader, Elias S. (Author) ; Davies Robinson, A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2023, Volume: 50, Issue: 5, Pages: 708-728
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Theory
Youth
Social bonds
Desistance
Criminological Theory