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Annual Review of Criminology

Volume 8, 2025

Short-Term Mindsets and Crime

Abstract

We propose the concept of short-term mindsets as an alternative to self-control as envisioned in Gottfredson & Hirschi's self-control theory (SCT). We lay out a competing perspective, short-term mindsets theory (STMT), based on this novel concept. STMT assumes that short-term mindsets are partly rooted in enduring individual differences and in part develop in response to criminogenic environments, events, and experiences. STMT connects individual-level perspectives to sociogenic views by explaining how several risk factors of crime (e.g., negative parenting, delinquent peers, substance use) all impact on short-term mindsets. Exposure to one risk factor encourages short-term mindsets that, in turn, make exposure to other risk factors more likely, thereby increasing the likelihood of crime. We show that STMT enjoys stronger empirical support than SCT, better aligns with other theory, and can account for phenomena typically considered at odds with, or outside the purview of, SCT.

Keyword(s): criminological theory, impulsivity, population heterogeneity, self-control, short-term mindsets, state dependence
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Short-Term Mindsets and Crime
Annual Review of Criminology 8, 333 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-022422-124536
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