According to Recent Revisions to Self-Control Theory, Influencing Variables (Bonds) Equivalent
To Self-Control In Determining Whether or Not to Participate In Deviant Conduct. Hirschi Maintained That,
Rather Than a Cognitive Scale or a Tally of Prior Actions, Self-Control Should Be Operationalized As The
Quantity and Importance of an Individual's Social Relationships, As Proposed By the Original Theory. The
Influence of Cognitive Self-Control, As Well As Attitudinal Self-Control, Is Examined In This Article , Which
Adds to the Control Theory Literature. the Nysfs Waves 10 and 11 Data Were Evaluated. Although The
Findings Imply That Both New and Old Types of Self-Control Are Equally Predictive of Criminality, It Is
Unclear That They Are Capturing the Same Phenomena Throughout Maturity. Control Theory Implications Are
Presented.