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In Defense of Self-Control

University of Arizona, USA

MICHAEL R. GOTTFREDSON

University of Arizona, USA

In the 10 years since its publication in A General Theory of Crime, the authors' self-control theory has been the focus of considerable research and critical assessment. This article responds to questions about the theory that have attracted the most thoughtful attention in the serious literature of the field.

Key Words: crime theory • self-control

Theoretical Criminology, Vol. 4, No. 1, 55-69 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1362480600004001003


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