Control theories have dominated criminological theory and research
since the 1969 publication of Hirschi's seminal work on the social
bond. Social control and self-control theorists are unique in
suggesting that patterns in criminal behaviors are better explained
by variations in social constraints rather than by individual
motivational impulses, thus indicating that their main concerns are
the explication and clarification of the techniques, processes, and
institutions of informal social control. The four major sections of
this volume focus on: the similarities and differences among the
major contributors to the early developmental stage of social
control theory; the central importance of parents, peers, and
schools in the creation of informal control mechanisms and their
link to crime and delinquency; the theoretical underpinnings of
self-control theory, including empirical tests and criticisms; and
theoretical integrations of social control and self-control
theories with various motivational theories of crime and
delinquency.
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