In an earlier post, I wrote about social bonding and the importance of the local church. This post will seek to expand on the attachment element of social bonding, and relate it to fatherhood and masculinity. Photo courtesy of Juan Pablo Serrano Arenas Social Bonding: A Review. It operates in […]
Travis Hirschi’s theory of social bonding asserts that humans are socialized into four elements: attachment, commitment, involvement, and beliefs. He claimed that the higher the social bond is in each area, the less likely one will be to act on antisocial behaviors such as crime or violence. Hirschi developed this […]
There are many changes that occur from childhood to adulthood. We sometimes make decisions we regret simply because we lack the cognitive ability to make good decisions. If an adolescent commits criminal behavior but stops when he or she becomes an adult, it is important to ask why. This post […]
I recently wrote a blog post and recorded a podcast episode in which I highlighted the benefits of asking “Why?” I maintain that continuously asking why forces one to whittle the problem down to the simplest possible answer. So, why do people commit crimes? Over the decades, there have been […]
