Self-control and crime: beyond Gottfredson & Hirschi's theory

CH Burt - Annual Review of Criminology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Over the past several decades, Gottfredson & Hirschi's self-control theory (SCT) has
dominated research on self-control and crime. In this review, I assess the current state of self …

Formation of self-control: Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime and beyond

H Buker - Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2011 - Elsevier
Self-control is an important concept in the recent criminological theory with consistent
empirical support as a predictor of criminality. Although the empirical studies consistently …

Educational and criminal justice outcomes 12 years after school suspension

J Rosenbaum - Youth & Society, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
A third of US students are suspended over a K-12 school career. Suspended youth have
worse adult outcomes than nonsuspended students, but these outcomes could be due to …

Trajectories of antisocial behavior and psychosocial maturity from adolescence to young adulthood.

KC Monahan, L Steinberg, E Cauffman… - Developmental …, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Most theorizing about desistance from antisocial behavior in late adolescence has
emphasized the importance of individuals' transition into adult roles. In contrast, little …

[图书][B] Modern control theory and the limits of criminal justice

M Gottfredson, T Hirschi - 2019 - books.google.com
In 1990 when Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi published A General Theory of Crime,
now often referred to as self control theory, it quickly became among the most discussed and …

Self-control and health outcomes in a nationally representative sample

HV Miller, JC Barnes, KM Beaver - American journal of health …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Objectives: To explore the link between low self-control during adolescence and health
problems in early adulthood. Methods: Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of …

Development of impulsivity and risk‐seeking: Implications for the dimensionality and stability of self‐control

W Forrest, C Hay, AO Widdowson, M Rocque - Criminology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In Gottfredson and Hirschi's self‐control theory, introduced in 1990, they contend
that self‐control is a unidimensional construct that develops early in childhood and remains …

A longitudinal test of the effects of parenting and the stability of self‐control: negative evidence for the general theory of crime

CH Burt, RL Simons, LG Simons - Criminology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates two core propositions of Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) general
theory of crime. Using longitudinal data collected on approximately 750 African American …

Where self-control comes from: on the development of self-control and its relationship to deviance over time.

AT Vazsonyi, L Huang - Developmental psychology, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
The current study tested a set of interrelated theoretical propositions based on self-control
theory (MR Gottfredson & T. Hirschi 1990). Data were collected on 1,155 children at 4.5 …

Legal cynicism, legitimacy, and criminal offending: The nonconfounding effect of low self-control

MD Reisig, SE Wolfe… - Criminal justice and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Prior research suggests that legal orientations (or domains of legal socialization), such as
legitimacy and legal cynicism, influence compliance with the law (or criminal offending). The …