Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] control theory " in BNC.
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| 1 | Siddall ( 1982 ) describes in detail several methods of control theory , with examples and implementations in Fortran . |
| 2 | Hirschi and Gottfredson ( 1986 ) have made a useful distinction between these two branches of control theory : the situational approaches constitute explanations of crime , while the original control theory is an explanation of criminality . |
| 3 | Kornhauser ( 1978 ) has pointed out that the main tenets of control theory are to be found in the ideas of the pioneers of sociological criminology — the sociologists of the Chicago school , working in the early decades of this century ( Thrasher , 1927 ; Shaw , 1929 ) . |
| 4 | Their approaches have been included under the general category of ‘ administrative criminology ’ ( see Young , 1986 ) , or seen as varieties of control theory ( Downes and Rock , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | The science of adjusting these coefficients goes by the name of control theory . |
| 6 | Another similarity between control theory and classical criminology is in the kinds of answer they give to the question ‘ why do we conform ? ’ . |
| 7 | In Hirschi 's version of control theory people conform because they perceive benefits in doing so , and fear losing them . |
| 8 | Advocates of control theory press for increased prices , fewer outlets for drink and restrictions or bans on advertising . |
| 9 | As we saw in the earlier section on control theory , there has been a new interest in deterrence and prevention as well , attempting to improve on the original , crude formulations of Beccaria . |