{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Evaluating Self-Control Theory Among the Deaf Community.
{Author}: Smith TR;Scott JD;Porter JL;McQuiller Williams L;
{Journal}: Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
{Volume}: 67
{Issue}: 5
{Year}: 04 2023
{Factor}: 1.645
{DOI}: 10.1177/0306624X211049186
{Abstract}: This study evaluates the generality of self-control theory with a previously untested cultural group rarely studied by criminologists, the Deaf community. Survey data (n = 428) from participants attending a university that houses a college for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing were compared with a sample of "hearing" students. The findings support Gottfredson and Hirschi's cultural invariance thesis as self-control was consistently able to predict a wide range of rule-breaking behaviors among the culturally distinct groups examined. However, several unexpected results challenge the parental management thesis. In particular, exposure to effective parenting techniques was a significant contributor to variations in self-control for the hearing, but not the Deaf sample. Additionally, self-control did not fully mediate the relationship between child-rearing experiences and norm violating behaviors for the Deaf sample. Implications of these findings are discussed.