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A Control Theory View of the Career Paradigm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Travis Hirschi  and
Michael Gottfredson
Michael Gottfredson
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
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A recent issue of Criminology (1988), the official publication of the American Society of Criminology, was devoted largely to what some call the age-crime debate. This debate has pitted the giants of American criminology, with the ubiquitous assistance of David Farrington, against the authors of this paper. It has gone on long enough that each side now accuses the other of repetition and lack of understanding. It has gone on long enough that even those not directly involved are beginning to show signs of weariness. It has perhaps gone on long enough that it is time to reconsider what the debate was all about in the first place.

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International Annals of Criminology , Volume 27 , Issue 1-2 , 1989 , pp. 123 - 133
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Copyright © 1989 International Society for Criminology

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Footnotes

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This is a revised version of remarks presented by Hirschi at the Plenary Session on “Violence and Criminal Careers” of the 10th International Congress on Criminology, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, September 6, 1988.

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