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Wiatrowski, Michael D.; Swatko, Mary K. – 1979
Hirschi's social control theory of delinquency status that delinquency involvement is the function of the failure of an adolescent to form or maintain a bond to society comprised of attachment, commitment, involvement and belief. In the past decade Hirschi and other researchers have found substantial support for this original thesis using tabular…
Descriptors: Ability, Adolescents, Aspiration, Behavior Patterns
Peer reviewedWiatrowski, Michael D.; And Others – American Sociological Review, 1981
Develops and tests multivariate models of social control theory which simultaneously consider how four bonds to society (attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief) operate in relation to delinquency. Suggests a revised formulation of social control, after adding background factors (measures of social class and ability) to the model.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency, Delinquency Causes, Individual Characteristics
