Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi, Authors of "Self-Control" Theory, Argue

Essay

Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi, authors of "self-control" theory, argue that all other perspectives are wrong, or inconsistent with the facts of crime--except for two. Why do they believe that their theory annihilates the others? And what are the two that, they admit, are consistent with theirs, and how can these two theories be reconciled with their own approach?