A Test of Low Self-control Theory Using General Patterns of Deviance

Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) General Theory of Crime has received extensive attention over the past decade. This dissertation explores the scope and limitation of the theory by testing a wide variety of behaviors against the causal effect of low self-control. Utilizing the attitudinal scal...

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Main Author: McMullen, John Charles
Other Authors: Sociology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29725
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-112399-162321/