Exploring the Utility of Social Control Theory for Youth Development

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Do Social Bonds Buffer the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Reoffending? (2017, background): “Given that prior research has found discernable race and gender differences in social bonding (Craig, 2014; Huebner & Betts, 2002; Piquero, MacDonald, & Parker, 2002) and offending (Sampson & Wilson, 1995; Steffensmeier & Allen, 1996), all of the substantive models were also reestimated across…”
Gender, social bonds, and delinquency: a comparison of boys' and girls' models (2005, background): “Huebner and Betts (2002) echo this finding in their recent analysis of the social bond and youth development in which their measure of conventional involvement explains boys’ delinquency better than girls’.”
School truancy and the disciplinary problems of bullying victims (2008, background): “Like other students who feel less connected to their schools than their peers, victims are more likely to engage in problem behavior such as smoking, drinking, substance use, bullying, fighting, stealing, vandalism and weapon carrying, than other students (Farnsworth 1985 ; Hueber and Betts 2002 ;”