On the Malleability of Self‐Control
Theoretical and Policy Implications Regarding a General Theory of Crime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23328207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex R Piquero (0000-0003-4198-4985, Florida State University), Wesley G Jennings (0000-0001-7524-4825, University of Louisville Hospital), David P Farrington (0000-0003-1312-2325, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 803-834 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Justice Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0741-8825 • E-ISSN: 1745-9109 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07418820903379628 |
| OpenAlex | W2037779606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 81 |
| References cited | 54 |
Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime has generated significant controversy and research, such that there now exists a large knowledge base regarding the importance of self‐control in regulating antisocial behavior over the life‐course. Reviews of this literature indicate that self‐control is an important correlate of antisocial activity. Some research has evaluated programmatic efforts designed to examine the extent to which self‐control is malleable, but little empirical research on this issue has been carried out within criminology, largely because the theorists have not paid much attention to policy proscriptions. This study evaluates the extant research on the effectiveness of programs designed to improve self‐control up to age 10 among children and adolescents, and assesses the effects of these programs on self‐control and delinquency/crime. Meta‐analytic results indicate that (1) self‐control programs improve a child/adolescent’s self‐control, (2) these interventions also reduce delinquency, and (3) the positive effects generally hold across a number of different moderator variables and groupings as well as by outcome source (parent‐, teacher‐, direct observer‐, self‐, and clinical report). Theoretical and policy implications are also discussed.
Computer security · Control (management) · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Economics · Empirical research · Extant taxon · Juvenile delinquency · Malleability · Moderation · Psychological intervention · Self-control · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Overview of
Modern Control Theory and the Limits of Criminal Justice
Systematic review of early risk factors for life-course-persistent, adolescence-limited, and late-onset offenders in prospective longitudinal studies
“Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”
Legal Cynicism, Legitimacy, and Criminal Offending
A meta-analysis update on the effectiveness of early self-control improvement programs to improve self-control and reduce delinquency
A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety
Changing self‐control
Childhood Reports of Food Neglect and Impulse Control Problems and Violence in Adulthood
How Positive and Negative Childhood Experiences Interact With Resiliency Theory and the General Theory of Crime in Juvenile Probationers
The Interrelationship Between Empathy and Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Impact on Juvenile Recidivism
Improvement in Emotion Regulation While Detained Predicts Lower Juvenile Recidivism
School Engagement as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Temperament and Recidivism Among Adolescents in Community-Based Juvenile Justice Services
Describing Changes in Features of Psychopathy Via an Individual-Level Measure of P(Δ)
Assessing the Gender-Neutral Claim of Self-Control and Offending
Does Parental Control Moderate the Effect of Low Self-Control on Adolescent Offline and Online Delinquency
Low Self-Control and Delinquent Behavior Among Caribbean Youths
Engaging vulnerable populations in drug treatment court
“My Neighborhood Is Watching Me”
Gender Differences in the Empathy–Recidivism Relationship
In Deep Water? Psychopathic Traits and Related Externalizing Problems as Detrimental Adaptations to Child Adversity
Who Would ‘Purge’? Low Self-Control, Psychopathy, and Offending in the Absence of Legal Controls
Low Self-Control and Cybercrime Victimization
Radicalization Pathways to Terrorist Mass Casualty Violence Across Ideological Motivations
“Context Is to Data What Water Is to a Dolphin”
Child maltreatment, low self-control, and delinquent behaviour of early-aged adolescents
Moving from Description to Implementation of Evidence‐Based Research Findings
Policing partnerships to address youth antisocial behavior
Getting the Law Involved
Studying the costs of crime across offender trajectories
Young Adult Offenders
Positivity Ratio Links Self-control Skills to Physical Aggression and Happiness in Young Palestinians Living in Gaza
Countries where Women Have more Positive Interactions with Economic Decisions and Legal Rights Have Lower Homicide Rates
Variation in Exposure to Violence in Early Adolescence Distinguishes between Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration among Young Men Involved in the Justice System
Developmental Criminology and the Crime Decline
Self-Control and Crime
Locus of control, self-control, and health outcomes
Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment
Invited Address
The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Juvenile Offending Trajectories in a Juvenile Offender Sample
Sex differences in temperament and career Juvenile offending among justice-involved youth
How Research from Developmental and Life-Course Criminology Can Better Guide Juvenile Justice Policy
On the Relationship Between Alcohol Misuse and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization
Domestic violence during the Covid-19 pandemic - Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
New frontiers in criminal careers research, 2000–2011
On the number and shape of developmental/life-course violence, aggression, and delinquency trajectories
From Swords to Words
Perceived school climate and delinquency among Chinese adolescents
Risk factors for youth violence
Delayed gratification across 22 Countries
The Role of Self-Control and Early Adolescents’ Friendships in the Development of Externalizing Behavior
Arts and Cultural Engagement, Reportedly Antisocial or Criminalized Behaviors, and Potential Mediators in Two Longitudinal Cohorts of Adolescents
Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Psychiatric Diagnoses and Treatment in a Sample of Serious Juvenile Offenders
Does choice of measure matter? Assessing the similarities and differences among self-control scales
How maternal and paternal parenting behaviors predict developmental changes in self-control and deviance during early adolescence
Self-control and the police code of silence
A little early risk goes a long bad way
An empirical test of self-control theory in Roma adolescents
Changes in self-control during adolescence
The other side of the coin
Foundation for a temperament-based theory of antisocial behavior and criminal justice system involvement
The nature and relevance of risk and protective factors for violence among Hispanic children and adolescents
Hirschi’s Reconceptualization of Self-Control
Child abuse, self-control, and delinquency
Evaluating the impact of police officer body-worn cameras (BWCs) on response-to-resistance and serious external complaints
An examination of developmental patterns of chronic offending from self-report records and official data
The stability of risk-seeking from adolescence to emerging adulthood
Sleep problems and self-control
Scaling-up self-control
Genetic and environmental contributions to stability and change in levels of self-control
Evaluating the shared and unique predictors of legal cynicism and police legitimacy from adolescence into early adulthood
Can Self‐control Change Substantially Over Time? Rethinking the Relationship Between Self‐ and Social Control
Social Concern and Crime
Academic Underachievement and Delinquent Behavior
Fusing concept to theory
Self-Control and the Depression-Delinquency Link
Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory
Exploring the Relationship between Effective Parenting, Self-Control, and Adherence to the Police Code of Silence
The Mediating Role of Street Code Attitudes on the Self-Control and Crime Relationship
An Integrated Model of Athletes' PED Use
Mass Incarceration, Family Complexity, and the Reproduction of Childhood Disadvantage
Publication Bias in Meta‐Analysis
Self-control in children
Something Old, Something New
Testing Gottfredson and Hirschi’s “low self-control” stability hypothesis
Social Skills Rating System
Effects of early family/parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency
The Mediational Role of Neurocognition in the Behavioral Outcomes of a Social-Emotional Prevention Program in Elementary School Students
Parental Socialization and Community Context
Estimation of a Single Effect Size
Out of Control
Preventing Crime
A General Theory of Crime
Testing the Core Empirical Implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime
Self-statement modification in the treatment of child behavior disorders
Multi-Year Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Resilience-Based Prevention Program for Young Children
The Reliability and Validity of Grasmick Et Al.'s Self‐control Scale
The school context as a source of self-control
The stability of self-control
The Development of Self-Control
Self‐control in a Criminal Sample
The Empirical Status of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime
Does Self‐control Affect Survey Response? Applying Exploratory, Confirmatory, and Item Response Theory Analysis to Grasmick Et Al.'s Self‐control Scale
Self-control as a limited resource
Substantive and structural elements of effective plans for self-control
Cognitive appraisals and transformations in delay behavior
Promoting Academic and Social-Emotional School Readiness
The outcome of psychotherapy with children
Cognitive Orientation and Changing the Impulsivity of Children
The neighborhoods they live in
Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources
Yielding to Temptation
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| Citations per year | 5,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 80 |