Social Control Theory and Delinquency

Wiatrowski, Michael D.; Griswold, David B.; Roberts, Mary K.

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“…Following is a list of items assumed to measure each element of the bond. Both the item source and whether or not the item has been shown to load highly in the factor analysis by Wiatrowski et al, (1981) As in Hirschi's study, all subjects were males. There are very few adjudicated female delinquents in Saudi Arabia, and they were not available for study.…”

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“…Stepwise multiple correlations were run on these factor-derived measures of self-report delinquency in order to identify those independent variables which best explained the variance. The results of these analyses are presented in Table XV Findings from a recent study (Wiatrowski, et ~., 1981), however, indicate that the social control-social bond model is more complex than that elaborated by Hirschi.…”

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“…The items used included those which, based on a prior factor analysis, loaded most highly on specific elements of the bond (Wiatrowski,et al, 1981).…”

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“…A six page self-report questionnaire was constructed using items from Hirschi (1969) and Wiatrowski, et al (1981) measuring elements of the bond, delinquency acts and social characteristics. The items used included those which, based on a prior factor analysis, loaded most highly on specific elements of the bond (Wiatrowski,et al, 1981 Because it increasingly accounts for a large number of juvenile arrests in Saudi Arabia, "burning rubber in a car" was added to the list of offenses about which the juveniles were questioned.…”

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“…The items used included those which, based on a prior factor analysis, loaded most highly on specific elements of the bond (Wiatrowski,et al, 1981 Because it increasingly accounts for a large number of juvenile arrests in Saudi Arabia, "burning rubber in a car" was added to the list of offenses about which the juveniles were questioned.…”

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Juvenile delinquency in Saudi Arabia

AlRomaih¹

2000

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Juvenile delinquency has recently been officially recognized in Saudi Arabia as a problem in need of response.The Saudi Arabian government has begun to respond to juvenile misconduct by developing institutional services for juveniles.However, there is at present very little social scientific research of either a descriptive or analytical nature on delinquency in Saudi Arabia.The present study involved an examination of the delinquency problem in Saudi Arabia within the framework of social control theory. Specifically, the study was based on the thesis set forth by Travis Hirschi, i.e., that One measure of the dependent variable, i.e., juvenile delinquency, was obtained by asking all respondents to report on the nature and extent of their involvement in delinquency.In addition to this self-report measure, a measure of official delinquency was built into the research design with the inclusion in the sample of populations of incarcerated delinquents as well as "normal" school students. Thus, assessments could be made of the contribution of the independent variables--social bond and social background items--to the variance in incarceration for delinquency and to the variance in actual involvement in delinquency.Comparisons were also mace of the four sub-groups in the study sample. Findings from a factor analysis of the social bond items raised questions about Hirschi's suggestion that the bond consists of four elements--attachment, belief, commitment and involvement. Ten (rather than four) factors were identified in a varimax rotated factor structure. For the most part, variables with high loadings on each of these factors emphasized one or more elements of the bond within a specific institutional area, e.g., commitment to school, attachment to parents, belief and involvement in religion.Social bond items explained 27% of the variance in incarceration and 26% of the variance in self-reported delinquency. The predictive power of the model was strengthened by including socio-economic variables. However, socio-economic variables better predicted incarceration for delinquency than self-reported delinquency. Incarceration was most strongly correlated with negative school attitudes and welfare recipiency. "Pray," the factorderived measure of religious bond, was also negatively correlated with incarceration for delinquency. Weak school commitment and weak religious belief/involvement best predicted self-reported involvement in delinquency.While the majority of respondents in all four groups appeared to have strong social ties with conventional society, incarcerated offenders were less strongly bonded than public school students. Juveniles in the institutions for serious offenders had the weakest bond of all four groups. Hirschi--that delinquent acts result when an individual's bond to society is weak or broken (Hirschi, 1969:16).I chose this particular theory to be used for this study because I felt very strongly that it emphasized the sources of social control which have been particularly Belief: acceptance of the legit...

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