And so, he did, not only did he go on to say that, but even further, which led him to his Social Bond Theory.
The Social Bond Theory .
In his Social Bond Theory, Hirschi touches on attachment. Rather than focusing on individuals' personality as a source of criminality he focused on the role of social relationships, which he named social bonds. This theory provided by Hirschi contains four verbs: attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief. Although commitment, involvement, and beliefs are important, attachment is most likely the highest cause of crime. As the individual becomes more attached to others, he/she is far less likely to become a delinquent. The primary attachments are with the parents, closely followed by the attachments to peers, teachers, religious leaders, and other members of the community. Another criminologist named J. Bowlby also discusses attachment in his theory called the attachment theory. This theory assumes that the development of an attachment between the primary caretaker and the child is the basic foundation of all future development. These theories are not only focused toward children, but to adolescents and adults also. .
Growing Up .
When the child becomes older they feel the need to become independent. With doing so, the adolescent begins to become attached to peers. Eventually, adolescents will form long term relationships with their peers that may be of the romantic kind, which may become full attachment relationships. Attachment relationships that turn romantic are possible lifelong relationships. These relationships are formed not only because of the need for attachment, but also for the need of species survival. Someone losing their "soul-mate" can cause them to go absolutely insane, and those going insane could be the explanation of a limited number of crimes.
Not only could they go insane, but they could also go into a deep depression.