"Basketball Diaries": Hirschi's Theory of Control

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This paper examines Travis Hirschi's theory of control and what environmental factors influence youth delinquency. The paper then discusses the events and factors that pertain to this theory, which are present in the movie, "The Basketball Diaries". The paper also discusses the four levels of delinquency, according to Hirschi.

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"Hirschi was a big proponent of the function of environmental influences on youth to cause delinquency. School of course is the breeding ground for environmental influences on a child that stretch beyond the home. The crossing of the four social bonds, which are in effect parts of the social compact that each person aggress to in entering and participating in society, are broken as the barriers to certain behaviors are dissolved; there are four levels of delinquency according to the Hirschi, where the levels are the four main attributes of the social bond; attachment, commitment, involvement, and beliefs. These are the four bonds of four bonds that make up Hirschi's Social Control Theory."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hirschi, Travis. Causes of Delinquency 1969: University of California Press Berkeley.

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