You Have Just Been Appointed Principal of the Travis Hirschi

question 45

Essay

You have just been appointed principal of the Travis Hirschi Junior High School. You wish to remain faithful to the ideas of the school's namesake as you plan curricula, programs, and activities for the coming year. Identify at least three programs or activities that you would want to implement, and discuss the rationale for them in light of Hirschi's social control theory of delinquency.

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