Travis Hirschi
Travis Hirschi | |
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Born | April 31, 1935 |
Died | January 2, 2017 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | (aged 81)
Education | University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Social control theory |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology, criminology |
Travis Warner Hirschi (April 15, 1935 – January 2, 2017) was an American sociologist and an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Arizona. He helped to develop the modern version of the social control theory of crime and later the self-control theory of crime.
Biography
Hirschi was born in
In his 1969 work Causes of Delinquency, Hirschi posited his version of social control theory. He wrote that social bonds encouraged conforming behavior and prevented most people from committing crimes.[4] In 1977, he and Michael Hindelang published a study which showed that IQ and social class were equally predictive of crime; IQ had been previously discounted as a correlate of criminal behavior.[5] A 1983 paper in the American Journal of Sociology by Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson showed that younger age was associated with increased criminal activity independent of any other known factor.[5] In 1990, Hirschi and Gottfredson wrote that lack of self-control, which was tied to parenting issues, was the cause of crime.[6]
Hirschi held faculty appointments at the
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4522-6527-8. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-4128-1467-6. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- doi:10.1093/obo/9780195396607-0107. Retrieved April 18, 2015.)
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- ^ ISBN 9781118517390.
- ^ "Oxford Index: The General Theory: Self-Control". Oxford University Press. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ "ASC Presidents". American Society of Criminology. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ "ASC Fellows". American Society of Criminology. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ "Criminology Prize Winners 2016 Announcement". Stockholm University. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- ^ 2017 OBITUARIES - TRAVIS W. HIRSCHI
External links
- Biography at Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- Travis Hirschi publications indexed by Google Scholar