In “Rational Choice Theory and Interest in the “Fortune of Others” ”, Ray Paternoster, Chae Mamayek Jaynes, and Theodore Wilson test the relationship between an individual’s regard for others and their willingness to drink and drive, and if this regard affects the effect that threats of punishment have on an individual’s willingness to drink and drive. Rational choice theory has had many reiterations over the years with the most recent being based on self-regarding preference assumption (Paternoster, Jaynes, & Wilson, 2017, p. 849). The goal of this article is to expand the current scope of rational choice theory by arguing that an individual’s regard for others plays a role in criminal behavior (Id, pp. 848-849). Paternoster, Jaynes, and
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260-261). Past research done linking social control theory to misbehavior in schools have found that students with school attachments and commitments are more likely to obey rules than students with neither commitments nor attachments, but fail to take race into consideration (Id, p. 262). Since no prior research has been conducted regarding race and ethnicity as more than a peripheral factor the researchers in this study seek to answer if social control theory and misbehavior are consistent across racial and ethnic groups (Id, pp. …show more content…
266). With Black and Latino students having higher levels of school misbehavior compared to their white peers, whereas Asians have lower levels of misbehavior (Id, p.266). In conclusion this study found that race/ethnicity plays an important role in the link between social control theory and school misbehavior (Id, p. 270). With higher levels of attachments and commitments leading to decreased levels of school misbehavior, but the impact of these two factors being significantly less in Black students, and the impact of commitment being less in Asian students (Id, p. 270). Also discovered is that involvement in school activities increase the likelihood of school misbehavior in Latino and Asian students, whereas participation in these activities decreases the likelihood in white students (Id, p. 270).
Peguero, Popp, Latimore, Shekarkhar, and Koo accomplish their goal of finding whether or not race/ethnicity plays a role in social control theory and school misbehavior, and end the article off with a demand that race/ethnicity should be more of a focus in criminological theory especially considering the rise of the minority population in the U.S. (Peguero, Popp, Latimore, Shekarkhar, & Koo, 2011, p.
260-261). Past research done linking social control theory to misbehavior in schools have found that students with school attachments and commitments are more likely to obey rules than students with neither commitments nor attachments, but fail to take race into consideration (Id, p. 262). Since no prior research has been conducted regarding race and ethnicity as more than a peripheral factor the researchers in this study seek to answer if social control theory and misbehavior are consistent across racial and ethnic groups (Id, pp. …show more content…
266). With Black and Latino students having higher levels of school misbehavior compared to their white peers, whereas Asians have lower levels of misbehavior (Id, p.266). In conclusion this study found that race/ethnicity plays an important role in the link between social control theory and school misbehavior (Id, p. 270). With higher levels of attachments and commitments leading to decreased levels of school misbehavior, but the impact of these two factors being significantly less in Black students, and the impact of commitment being less in Asian students (Id, p. 270). Also discovered is that involvement in school activities increase the likelihood of school misbehavior in Latino and Asian students, whereas participation in these activities decreases the likelihood in white students (Id, p. 270).
Peguero, Popp, Latimore, Shekarkhar, and Koo accomplish their goal of finding whether or not race/ethnicity plays a role in social control theory and school misbehavior, and end the article off with a demand that race/ethnicity should be more of a focus in criminological theory especially considering the rise of the minority population in the U.S. (Peguero, Popp, Latimore, Shekarkhar, & Koo, 2011, p.