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Self-Control and Social Bonds: A Combined Control Perspective on Juvenile Offending

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  • Douglas Longshore

    (RAND Drug Policy Research Center
    UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs)

  • Eunice Chang

    (UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs)

  • Nena Messina

    (UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs)

Abstract

With longitudinal data from a sample of 359 adolescent offenders, we tested three measures of social bonding (conventional moral belief, attachment, and commitment/involvement) and deviant peer association as outcomes of low self-control and as mediators of the effect of low self-control on juvenile offending. Low self-control was negatively related to each bonding measure, positively related to deviant peer association, and positively related to offending at follow-up. Its effect on offending was fully mediated by conventional moral belief and attachment. These results provide modest support for a combination of self-control and social bonding perspectives on juvenile offending.

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  • Douglas Longshore & Eunice Chang & Nena Messina, 2005. "Self-Control and Social Bonds: A Combined Control Perspective on Juvenile Offending," Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 419-437, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joqcri:v:21:y:2005:i:4:d:10.1007_s10940-005-7359-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s10940-005-7359-2
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