Author Question: Describe the evidence that suggests that poor self-control is the primary cause of crime. What ... (Read 41 times)

tsand2 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Describe the evidence that suggests that poor self-control is the primary cause of crime.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Your text describes a study in which researchers recruited single, sexually active student volunteers to take part in a campaign (actually the experimental manipulation) supposedly designed to get other students who were just becoming sexually active to practice safe sex. The volunteers were asked to develop a persuasive speech about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and safer sex that was then videotaped. Researchers found that the students who made the taped speeches were more likely to use condoms, a finding that is consistent with ____.

a. social learning theory
b. the stages of change model
c. the health belief model
d. cognitive dissonance

dawsa925 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a) Criminals tend to show little respect for laws and rules in general. They are often arrested multiple times for multiple different crimes.
b) Criminals also show low self-control in behaviors that are not against the law. They are more likely to smoke, to be in a traffic accident, to be involved in an unplanned pregnancy, to be late or absent from work or school, and so on. The discipline that often protects people from these behaviors is missing in people who are criminals.

Answer to Question 2

D