Control as an Explanation of Crime and Delinquency

Britt, Chester; Rocque, Michael

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“…Results of this study showed that life period, exploration in depth, ruminative exploration, self-esteem and low self-control significantly predicted aggression. These results are consistent with results of prior studies (Bayraktar et al, 2009;Britt & Gottfredson, 2003;Crocetti et al, 2010;Donnellan, Trzesniewski, Robins, Moffitt & Caspi, 2005;Fergusson & Horwood, 2002;Hay, 2001;Luyckx, Goossens & Soenens, 2006a;Ozdemir et al, 2013;Rosenberg, Schooler, & Schoenbach, 1989;Schwartz et al, 2011;Vazsonyi & Belliston, 2007).…”

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“…Low self-control is defined as behaving impulsively, enjoying risk taking, preferring physical activities to mental activities and being self-centered (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990;Ozdemir, Vazsonyi & Cok, 2013). Studies have demonstrated (Britt & Gottfredson, 2003;Hay, 2001;Ozdemir et al, 2013;Vazsonyi & Belliston, 2007) that low self-control is an important predictor of crime, deviance and aggression. Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990) proposed that experiences in early childhood determine a child's self-control and this is relatively transferred to later life periods.…”

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The Effect of Identity Development, Self-Esteem, Low Self-Control and Gender on Aggression in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Morsünbül¹

2015

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Suggested Citation:Morsunbul, U. (2015). The effect of identity development, self-esteem, low selfcontrol and gender on aggression in adolescence and emerging adulthood. AbstractProblem Statement: Aggression seems to be an extensive and serious problem among adolescents and emerging adults, negatively affecting both the victims and the offenders. In adolescence and emerging adulthood, a lot of factors affect aggression. In this study, five factors were examined: gender, life periods, identity formation, low self-control and self-esteem. Purpose of the Study:The aim of the study is to examine the relations between identity dimensions, low self-control, self-esteem, gender and life period (adolescence and emerging adulthood) with aggression.Method: For this purpose, a structural equation model was developed and tested. In this model, the dependent variable was aggression and the independent variables were demographic variables (gender and life period), identity dimensions, self-esteem and low self-control. Participants consisted of 240 adolescents (high school students-132 female and 108 male) and 244 emerging adults (university students-128 female and 116 male) and their age was between 15-24 years old (mean age=18.99, SD=2.62). The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, The Dimensions of Identity Development Scale, The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and The Low Self-Control Scale were used to collect data. Findings:Results of the overall fit indexes of the structural equation model revealed that fit indexes are at acceptable levels. Results of this study showed that life period, exploration in depth, ruminative exploration, self-esteem and low self-control significantly predicted aggression. According to model analysis, the best predictor of aggression was low self-control; the weakest predictor of aggression was life period. * Corresponding author: Dr. Aksaray University, Department of Educational Sciences, morsunbulumit@gmail.com Ümit Morsünbül Conclusion and Recommendations:The present study provides important results. The first result is that aggression level changes according to life period. The second is that low self-control, self-esteem and some identity dimensions are crucial factors for aggression in adolescence and emerging adulthood. The results of the study provide several important explanations for counselors and educators. In order to reduce aggression, counselors, educators and mental health practitioners should consider identity, selfesteem and self-control. When counselors and educators prepare school-based intervention programs, they should consider the important predictors of aggression.

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The Effect of Identity Development, Self-Esteem, Low Self-Control and Gender on Aggression in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Morsünbül¹

2015

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“…Control theories of crime and delinquency (Britt and Rocque, 2016;Kornhauser, 1978) are based on the assumption that humans are by nature self-interested hedonists striving for easy, effortless and immediate gratification of their desires. Criminal behavior often meets these criteria, which is sufficient to explain its seducing power.…”

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“…Furthermore, they are not biased by a 'guessing' of the frequency of personal involvement in a certain crime and are less dominated by the least serious offenses. Employing a variety measure of criminal activity is also warranted by the fact that control theories regard offenders as versatile: weak controls will set the individual free to commit many different crimes (Britt and Rocque, 2016;Gottfredson and Hirschi, 1990). With regard to testing interaction relationships, the fact that crime variety scales are normally less skewed than crime frequency scales is of particular importance (see the next section).…”

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The compensatory effects of inner and outer controls

Hirtenlehner

Meško

2018

European Journal of Criminology

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Internal and external controls have been firmly established as factors restraining criminal activity, but surprisingly little is known about their concrete interplay. Inspired by recent theoretical developments, such as Situational Action Theory or the life-course model of interdependence, this work addresses the question whether the crime-reducing impact of outer controls is conditioned by the level of inner controls. Analyses of a student survey from Slovenia reveal that external regulatory mechanisms exercise a greater effect when internal restraints decrease in size. This finding points to a compensatory relationship between controls located in different domains. Inner and outer controls may substitute for one another to a certain extent.

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“…Social learning theories suggest that individuals model the behaviours of significant others, often peers (Akers, 2009), and social control theories suggest that individuals are likely to attach to similarly risk-prone peers (Britt & Gottfredson, 2011). Over time, young people become increasingly susceptible to peer influence (Benson, 2013;Curcio et al, 2016;Ohannessian, 2011), and those individuals with weakened attachments to traditional social controls, such as parents and school, and those who are less averse to risk, may be more likely to associate with risk-taking peers and adopt deviant behaviours.…”

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Predictors of Drinking Behaviour Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A New Psychosocial Control Perspective

Curcio

Mak

George

2016

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Based on common cause conceptualisations of problem behaviour, we examined whether a revised psychosocial control theory of adolescent delinquency could explain problem drinking among a non-clinical convenience sample of adolescents and young adults. A sample of 329 Australian secondary school students (adolescent age groups 13-14 and 15-17, 50.6% female) and 334 Australian university students (age groups 18-20 and 21-24, 68.4% female) in Canberra, Australia participated in an online survey comprising self-reported problem drinking and psychosocial control measures. The revised psychosocial model explained variance in problem drinking with large effect sizes in all four age cohorts. Peer risktaking behaviours significantly predicted problem drinking across all age cohorts, and impulsivity was more influential than sensation seeking. While the findings partially support a revised psychosocial control model, psychosocial control risk factors need to be considered along with the broader sociocultural context. This is particularly important in Australia where drinking is often considered normative within universities and the general community.

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Control as an Explanation of Crime and Delinquency

Cited by 15 publications

References 69 publications

The Effect of Identity Development, Self-Esteem, Low Self-Control and Gender on Aggression in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

The Effect of Identity Development, Self-Esteem, Low Self-Control and Gender on Aggression in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

The compensatory effects of inner and outer controls

Predictors of Drinking Behaviour Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A New Psychosocial Control Perspective

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