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Self-Control and the Management of Violence

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Extensive empirical evidence suggests that self-control plays an important part in the production of violence and other criminal acts. Therefore, it would seem that any policies designed to control violence must pay attention to weak self-control and ways to improve it or to counter its influences. However, effective policies rest on fuller accounts than those provided by self-control theory. Several potential weaknesses in the theory make it problematic for fashioning programs to control misconduct. Six such weaknesses and their potential implications are identified, and ways of overcoming those deficiencies are offered. It is concluded that self-control theory holds promise as a beginning for policy formation but it must be elaborated and integrated with other theories before it is likely to provide effective guidance.

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    They do, however, leave a little room for schools and other social institutions to add to or substitute for the work of caregivers (Gottfredson and Hirschi 1990, 105–107).

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Tittle, C.R. (2011). Self-Control and the Management of Violence. In: Heitmeyer, W., Haupt, HG., Malthaner, S., Kirschner, A. (eds) Control of Violence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0383-9_4

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