ABSTRACT Research on power-control theory has focused almost exclusively on traditional families and/or single mother families. Using data from a survey conducted on 53 persons, this …

This paper extends power-control theory by developing a model of familial class relations that is then used to answer this question. In this model, power-control theory subsumes two earlier …

Power-control theory predicts gender differences in delinquency based on the level of patriarchy in the family. Tests yield mixed results, generally supporting some elements of the theory.

s. Power-control theory argues that, over time, the effect of this tendency has been to reinforce a gender division or stratification between the private and public spheres, with females having …

Returning to Miller’s original paper on gender, risk, and religiosity, we draw on power-control theory (PCT), developed in the work of John Hagan and colleagues, to introduce a plausible …

ol. Accordingly, we review three important contemporary control theories: Hagan’s power-control theory, Tittle’s control balance theory, and Colvin’s coercion the. ry. We also consider Cullen’s …

A power-control theory does much to specify and explain the class structure of gender and delinquency, and in doing so it demonstrates the social bases of this relationship.