Q Recall a time in your lives when they were engaged in some delinquency (typical teen behavior). How do you account for your behavior? What were the “social bonds” at that time? Does this exercise support or challenge Hirschi’s theory? How? If you were a Saint and did not get yourself introuble, can you think of someone who did? What were they like? Apply the same questions to a friend, family member, neighbor or acquaintance.
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