Travis Hirschi formulated a control theory that he called Social Bonding Theory but he approached this theory in a different way. He did not attempt to explain why individuals engage in criminal acts, but rather why individuals choose to conform to conventional norms. It is, in a strict sense, not a theory of crime causation, but rather a theory of prosocial behaviour used often by sociologists and criminologists to better explain deviance and criminality. The …showed first 75 words of 1084 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1084 total…aic.gov.au/publications/tbp/tbp011/part1.html A.I.C.: "Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Patterns of Victimisation Among Small Retail Businesses". March, 2002 : no.221. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/ti221.pdf DenverGov: "Crime Definitions", 2002. http://www.denvergov.org/2001_crime_stats/template34728.asp Merton, Robert K. (orig. 1938; reprint 1994) "Social Structure and Anomie" (excerpt). Reprinted in Joseph E. Jacoby (ed) Classics of Criminology. Prespect Hills, IL: Waveland Press, pp. 178-87