Self-control theory holds that human nature consists of selfishimpulses whose satisfaction often entails offending. Modern behav-ioural science has discerned emotional systems and cognitive biases underlying tendencies to engage in prosocial and self-directed behav-iours, which themselves predict offending. Many of these tendencies appear in the construct of self-control, but are not sufficiently dealt with by life-course criminology. This paper presents an expanded model of human nature that implies that self-control is factorially-complex, containing self-regulation; prosociality (tendencies to form social bonds and engage in social reciprocity); and self-direction (tendencies to work on one’s own long-term behalf without external sanctio...
This longitudinal research examined a structural model of the self-regulatory mechanisms governing t...
Abstract Since the beginning of human civilization, there has been both socially desirable and anti...
Self-control is usually defined as a unit in a regulatory cycle process. As such, it can be used for...
Gottfredson and Hirschi’s self-control theory is now nearly 30 years old. It remains one of the most...
Self-control theory of crime has had considerable impact on mainstream criminology since it was firs...
Gottfredson and Hirschi's A General Theory of Crime (1990) motivated much research on the concept of...
This authoritative handbook comprehensively examines the conscious and nonconscious processes by whi...
The exercise of self-control is of great significance in people's daily lives and in the organizatio...
Most crime prevention practices assume offenders will desist from crime if the opportunity to offend...
Self-control theory has been tested for 2 decades. However, mixed results and measurement problems h...
Self-determination theory (SDT) is a still rapidly expanding framework of basic and applied research...
We propose a model of basic self-regulatory mechanisms that integrates descriptive-structural and dy...
Because people are not in complete control of the physical and social environments they encounter in...
Traditional criminological perspectives emphasize the relevance of individual and structural level m...
ABSTRACT—Self-control is a central function of the self and an important key to success in life. The...
This longitudinal research examined a structural model of the self-regulatory mechanisms governing t...
Abstract Since the beginning of human civilization, there has been both socially desirable and anti...
Self-control is usually defined as a unit in a regulatory cycle process. As such, it can be used for...
Gottfredson and Hirschi’s self-control theory is now nearly 30 years old. It remains one of the most...
Self-control theory of crime has had considerable impact on mainstream criminology since it was firs...
Gottfredson and Hirschi's A General Theory of Crime (1990) motivated much research on the concept of...
This authoritative handbook comprehensively examines the conscious and nonconscious processes by whi...
The exercise of self-control is of great significance in people's daily lives and in the organizatio...
Most crime prevention practices assume offenders will desist from crime if the opportunity to offend...
Self-control theory has been tested for 2 decades. However, mixed results and measurement problems h...
Self-determination theory (SDT) is a still rapidly expanding framework of basic and applied research...
We propose a model of basic self-regulatory mechanisms that integrates descriptive-structural and dy...
Because people are not in complete control of the physical and social environments they encounter in...
Traditional criminological perspectives emphasize the relevance of individual and structural level m...
ABSTRACT—Self-control is a central function of the self and an important key to success in life. The...
This longitudinal research examined a structural model of the self-regulatory mechanisms governing t...
Abstract Since the beginning of human civilization, there has been both socially desirable and anti...
Self-control is usually defined as a unit in a regulatory cycle process. As such, it can be used for...