Childrearing, Self-Control, and Crime: Additional Evidence

Gottfredson and Hirschi's model of caregiving to produce high self‐control is examined using survey data from a city population of adults. The data permit assessment of the predictive ability of all three elements of the regimen, separately and in com‐bination. While a combination of the elemen...

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Published in:Sociological inquiry 2006-08, Vol.76 (3), p.343-371
Main Authors: Latimore, T. Lorraine, Tittle, Charles R., Grasmick, Harold G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers
Child rearing
Childrearing Practices
Crime
Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide
Criminology
Self Control
Selfcontrol
Sociology
Sociology of law and criminology
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Summary:Gottfredson and Hirschi's model of caregiving to produce high self‐control is examined using survey data from a city population of adults. The data permit assessment of the predictive ability of all three elements of the regimen, separately and in com‐bination. While a combination of the elements of the specified model and some of the individual components prove to be statistically significant predictors of self‐control, the coefficients are only modest ones. In addition, the sequential model of crime production set forth by the theorists proves to be questionable. These findings add to an emerging body of research suggesting that self‐control may be dependent on things other than the childhood caregiving regimen identified in self‐control theory.
ISSN:0038-0245
1475-682X
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.2006.00159.x