Abstract

Travis Hirschi theorized that those with weaker ties to conventional society will be more likely to engage in crime. Incarcerated people are among society’s most marginalized. Our paper argues that dog training programs provide incarcerated people with the opportunity to establish secure attachments and to strengthen weakened bonds and prosocial networks. Using secondary analysis of qualitative data, we find support for the presence of the four components of Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory among program participants. Our paper is the first to apply a theory to explain the effectiveness of DTPs. Finally, we consider the impact that strengthened social bonds can have on criminal desistance.

摘要

Travis Hirschi 认为，那些与传统社会联系较弱的人更有可能从事犯罪活动。被监禁的人是社会最边缘化的人群之一。我们的论文认为，狗训练计划为被监禁的人提供了建立安全依恋和加强削弱的联系和亲社会网络的机会。使用定性数据的二次分析，我们发现项目参与者中存在 Hirschi 社会纽带理论的四个组成部分的支持。我们的论文是第一个应用理论来解释 DTP 有效性的论文。最后，我们考虑了加强社会纽带对刑事制止的影响。