Self-Control and Social Control: An Examination of Gender, Ethnicity, Class and Delinquency

Nakhaie, M. Reza; Silverman, Robert A.; Lagrange, Teresa C.

doi:10.2307/3341910

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“…However, Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990) admit that their theory is not designed to fully explain the elements driving gender differences in crime, criminality, or self-control. Much research examining sex differences of self-control suggests that, consistent with the theory, men have lower self-control than women (LaGrange and Silverman 1999; Nakhaie et al 2000). While self-control theory has enjoyed much empirical support (Pratt and Cullen 2000), it has also been critiqued (Akers 1991) and, recently, revised by Hirschi (2004).…”

Section: Self-control Theory and Stalking Victimizationmentioning

confidence: 90%

The Effects of Low Self-Control and Childhood Maltreatment on Stalking Victimization among Men and Women

Fox

Gover²,

Kaukinen

2009

Am J Crim Just

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This study examines sex differences among stalking victimization using two theoretical perspectives: self-control and the intergenerational transmission of violence. A sample of 1,490 undergraduate students at a large southeastern university were surveyed and asked to report their experiences with stalking, childhood maltreatment, and self-control. Given that men and women may experience stalking, self-control, and child maltreatment differently, logistic regression models were estimated separately to disentangle sex differences. Findings indicate that women are more likely than men to be victims of stalking. Childhood maltreatment was significantly related to stalking victimization for both men and women whereas low self-control was significantly related to stalking victimization for women only. Implications for policy and directions for future research are discussed.

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Section: Self-control Theory and Stalking Victimizationmentioning

confidence: 90%

The Effects of Low Self-Control and Childhood Maltreatment on Stalking Victimization among Men and Women

Fox

Gover²,

Kaukinen

2009

Am J Crim Just

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“…The low self-control-crime link appears to hold in cross-sectional (Grasmick, Tittle, Bursik, & Arneklev, 1993), longitudinal (Polakowski, 1994), and experimental (Muraven, Tice, & Baumeister, 1998) designs, and its effect on criminal behavior persists in non-US samples (Antonaccio & Tittle, 2008;Caspi et al, 1994;Hwang & Akers, 2003;Nakhaie, Silverman, & LaGrange, 2000;Tittle & Botchkovar, 2005;Vazsonyi, Clifford Wittekind, Belliston, & Van Loh, 2004).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%

The Importance of Parenting in the Development of Self-Control in Boys and Girls: Results from a Multinational Study of Youth

Botchkovar

Marshall

Rocque

et al. 2015

Journal of Criminal Justice

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“…This is particularly true of risk seeking and impulsivity-the components most closely associated with inhibitory processes. Gender differences have been found in self-control, which may explain the gender gap in criminal involvement, and these differences appear to be especially pronounced for impulsivity and risk seeking (Burton, Cullen, Evans, Alarid, & Dunaway, 1998;HayslettMcCall & Bernard, 2002;Keane, Maxim, & Teevan, 1993;La Grange & Silverman, 1999;Nakhaie, Silverman, & LaGrange, 2000;Tibbetts, 1999).…”

Section: Aggression Inhibition and Gendermentioning

confidence: 96%

Reason to Believe: Representations of Aggression as Phenomenological Read-Out

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Men tend to view their own aggression as an instrumental act aimed at imposing control, whereas women tend to view theirs as an expressive act resulting from a loss of self-control. These interpretations have been called social representations based on their presumed social origins and mode of transmission. However, if women's self-control is generally higher than men's, they would be expected to behave aggressively only infrequently and at higher levels of provocation. Aggression would be experienced phenomenologically as a loss of self-control. In Study 1, a student sample, men scored higher than women on instrumental beliefs, impulsivity, and risk seeking. As predicted, instrumental beliefs were associated with higher impulsive risk seeking and an expressive representation was positively associated with temper. In Study 2, an offender sample, there were no gender differences in instrumental beliefs, physical aggression, temper, carelessness, and present orientation. Instrumental beliefs were again associated with impulsive risk seeking and, to a lesser extent, temper. Expressive beliefs were again associated with temper and, to a lesser extent, present orientation. Physical aggression was associated with holding instrumental beliefs, impulsive risk seeking, and temper. The model is broadly supported and directions for future work are suggested.

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Self-Control and Social Control: An Examination of Gender, Ethnicity, Class and Delinquency

Cited by 80 publications

References 46 publications

The Effects of Low Self-Control and Childhood Maltreatment on Stalking Victimization among Men and Women

The Effects of Low Self-Control and Childhood Maltreatment on Stalking Victimization among Men and Women

The Importance of Parenting in the Development of Self-Control in Boys and Girls: Results from a Multinational Study of Youth

Reason to Believe: Representations of Aggression as Phenomenological Read-Out

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