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Criminology

a theory linking the gender gap in delinquency to the class and authority structure of the family, with patriarchal households controlling daughters more than sons.

In criminology, power-control theory refers to a theory linking the gender gap in delinquency to the class and authority structure of the family, with patriarchal households controlling daughters more than sons. This meaning comes from Hagan (1985) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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Hagan, J., Gillis, A. R., & Simpson, J. (1985). The Class Structure of Gender and Delinquency: Toward a Power-Control Theory of Common Delinquent Behavior. American Journal of Sociology, 90(6), 1151-1178. https://doi.org/10.1086/228206

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