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Self-Control and Crime Over the Life Course

Self-Control and Crime Over the Life Course

Hay, Carter H.
Meldrum, Ryan C.

Paperback

Criminology

ISBN10: 1483358992
ISBN13: 9781483358994
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: Mar 12 2015
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

What exactly is self-control, and what life outcomes does it affect? What causes a person to have high or low self-control to begin with? What effect does self-control have on crime and other harmful behavior?

Using a clear, conversational writing style, Self-Control and Crime Over the Life Course answers critical questions about self-control and its importance for understanding criminal behavior. Authors Carter Hay and Ryan Meldrum use intuitive examples to draw attention to the close connection between self-control and the behavioral choices people make, especially in reference to criminal, deviant, and harmful behaviors that often carry short-term benefits but long-term costs. The text builds an overall theoretical perspective that conveys the multi-disciplinary nature of modern-day self-control research. Moreover, far from emphasizing only theoretical issues, the authors place public policy at the forefront, using self-control research to inform policy efforts that reduce the societal costs of low self-control and the behaviors it enables.

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