June 1995
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Social Forces
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... In 1990, Gottfredson and Hirschi introduced the general theory of crime in which they argued that the relationship between social bonds and deviance may be spurious because both are influenced by self-control. They define self-control as "the tendency to avoid acts whose long term costs exceed their momentary advantages" (Hirschi & Gotfredson, 1994). Although social bond theory has been empirically supported by numerous research, Hirschi (2004) stated that this theory is not capable of explaining stable individual differences in propensity to engage in crime and delinquency. ...
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June 1995
Social Forces