Self-control is the ability to control one's impulses when faced with challenges or
temptations, and is robustly associated with physiological and psychological well-being …

Self-control is generally viewed as highly desirable. In the eating behavior domain, however,
the dominance of restraint theory has made the proposition that individuals should attempt to …

PURPOSE: The criminal career paradigm is a major research focus in criminology, and the
current state-of-the-art review explicates research published between 2000 and 2011 …

Background Temperament has been shown to be associated with behavior for millennia but
has not been explicitly used in a theory of crime. Methods This state-of-the-art review …

Unfortunately, the nature‐versus‐nurture debate continues in criminology. Over the past 5
years, the number of heritability studies in criminology has surged. These studies invariably …

Purpose A large body of empirical research finds a significant racial gap in the use of
exclusionary school discipline with black students punished at rates disproportionate to …

The current article examines the influence of genetics and evolution on acts of extreme and
criminal violence among human primates. Moderate aggression can function to increase an …

There is a vast line of literature showing that antisocial behaviors and personality traits are
transmitted across generational lines. Given the ascendancy of Gottfredson and Hirschi's …

Although the relationship between Gottfredson and Hirschi's self-control theory and crime is
well known in the literature, much less research has addressed the possible link of low self …

Walters provides a detailed description of how criminal thinking serves as a vital link
between criminality and crime. Criminality, the propensity to become involved in criminal …