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The Relationship between Social and Self-Control:

Tracing Hirschi's Criminological Career

Lancaster University, UK

This article explores the relationship between social control theory (Hirschi, 1969) and self-control theory (Gottfredson and Hirschi, 1990), with reference to Travis Hirschi's criminological career. It is suggested that focusing on Hirschi's intellectual development enables us to appreciate some of the theoretical shifts between his early and later work. How far there is a connection between social and self-control theory is a matter of some debate among commentators in the field. However, it is argued here that the two theoretical positions are based on fundamentally different principles, particularly in relation to the core concept of control.

Key Words: criminological career • Hirschi • self-control • social control

Theoretical Criminology, Vol. 5, No. 3, 369-388 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/1362480601005003004


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