Self-Control and Crime Over the Life Course. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carter Hay, Ryan Meldrum.
• Authors: Hay, Carter H; Meldrum, Ryan Charles
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction; A Definition of Self-Control; An Integrative Approach; A Life Course Approach; Connecting Self-Control to Other Causes of Behavior; Attention to Public Policy; Connecting the Science of Self-Control to the Stories We Read About Everyday; Chapter 2: Theories of Self-Control and Behavior; The Inextricable Connection Between Theory and Fact; Explaining Crime: Gottfredson and Hirschi's Self-Control Theory; Evaluating Gottfredson and Hirschi's Self-Control Theory; A Psychological, Trait-Based Theory of Self-Control; Biosocial Approaches to Behavior; The Strength Model: Self-control as a Depletable Resource; Chapter 3: What Are the Consequences of Low Self-Control?; The Marshmallow Experiments; A Quick Note on the Measurement of Self-Control; Research on Low Self-Control and Crime; The Everyday Consequences of Low Self-Control; Policy Implications and Possibilities; Chapter 4: Infancy and Childhood: What Are the Causes of Self-Control Early in Life?; The Role of Parents in Shaping Self-Control; The Genetic Underpinnings of Self-Control; Neurobiological Influences on Self-Control; Policy Implications and Possibilities; Chapter 5: Adolescence and Adulthood: Is Self-Control Stable Over Time?; Stability and Change in Self-Control; Why Does Self-Control Often Remain Stable?; Persistent Individual Traits as Contributors to Self-Control Stability. Persistent Environmental Characteristics: Parenting and Peers; Persistent Environmental Characteristics: The Stability of Poverty; State Dependence as a Contributor to Self-Control Stability; An Implicit Idea: Human Agency; Empirical Evidence on Explanations for Stability; Policy Implications and Possibilities; Chapter 6: What Leads to Self-Control Change?; The Pervasiveness of Change; The Transformations of Adolescence; Unexpected Shifts in Social Environments and Relationships; Sleeping, Eating, And Substance Use: Short-Term Fluctuations in Self-Control; Policy Implications and Possibilities; Chapter 7: Do the Harmful Effects of Low Self-Control Vary Across Different Circumstances?; Conditional Causation and Low Self-Control: Conceptual Issues; Criminal Opportunity; Association With Delinquent Peers; Weak Social Bonds; Neighborhood Disadvantage; Weak Moral Values; Considering Self-Control as a Moderator Variable; Can Self-Control Moderate the Effects of Self-Control?; Policy Implications and Possibilities; Chapter 8: Self-Control and Crime Over the Life Course: Bringing It All Together; The Causes of Initial Self-Control Differences in the First Decade of Life; The Child Grows into an Adolescent; The Adolescent Grows Into an Adult; Moderated Effects Across the Entire Life Course; Chapter 9: Self-Control and Crime: Influencing Policy and Looking to the Future. Self-Control as a Driver of Societal Advance; Using Policy to Promote Self-Control Over the Life Course; Community-Based Programs Relevant to All Stages of the Life Course; Evidence of Program Success.
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 364.3; Criminal behavior; Self-control; Criminal psychology; Criminal behavior; Criminal psychology; Self-control; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1483384403; 9781483384498; 1483384497; 9781483384405
• Related ISBNs: 9781483358994
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.