@article{ref1,
title="Social bonds, self-control, and adult criminality: a nationally representative assessment of Hirschi's revised self-control theory",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2011",
author="Morris, Robert G. and Gerber, Jurg and Menard, Scott",
volume="38",
number="6",
pages="584-599",
abstract="Recent modifications to self-control theory suggest that influential factors (bonds) equate to self-control in the calculation of whether or not to engage in deviant behavior. Hirschi argued that self-control should fare better as a theory when it is operationalized as the number and salience of an individual's social bonds, rather than as a cognitive scale, or count of previous acts, as suggested by the original theory. This study extends the control theory literature by assessing the impact of redefined self-control, as well as attitudinal self-control, on adult criminal behavior. Data analyzed were from Waves 10 and 11 of the National Youth Survey Family Study. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that both forms of self-control (new and old) are equivalently predictive of adult crime, yet it is unlikely that they are capturing the same phenomenon during adulthood. Implications for control theory are discussed. Keywords: Juvenile justice<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854811402453",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854811402453"
}