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Smångs, Mattias. "Differential associations, control theory, and the strength of weak ties�linking criminological theories with social network theory" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p242434_index.html>

Smångs, M. , 2008-07-31 "Differential associations, control theory, and the strength of weak ties�linking criminological theories with social network theory" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p242434_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: A long-lived debate within criminology concerns juvenile delinquents and their peer relations. The social ability model, represented by, for example, Sutherland�s theory of differential associations, argues that delinquents are to be conceived of as people with normal social capabilities. The social inability model, represented by, for example, Hirschi�s control theory, contends that delinquents lack social capabilities and are unable to engage in meaningful relationships with others. The paper assesses the plausibility of these competing conceptions of juvenile delinquents and their peer relations by using explicit and elaborate social network theory in the form of Granovetter�s theory of the strength of weak ties. The implications of this theory for the competing criminological theories are analyzed theoretically, an analysis resulting in a number of hypotheses. The hypotheses are tested empirically using a data set containing information on relations among delinquents in the form of co-offending, covering all persons under the age of 20 who were suspected of criminal offences in the Swedish city of Borl�nge during a three year period. The results of the empirical analyses clearly support the social ability model.

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