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Intrinsic to Hirschi's (1969, 1977) theory of social control is the assumption that persons will engage in delinquent behavior when their social bond to society is weakened. Hirschi's concept of social bond is comprised of the following four elements: (1) attachment, (2) commitment, (3) involvement, and (4) beliefs.
1 The collective consciousness binds individuals together and creates social integration.  Durkheim saw increasing population density as a key factor in the advent of modernity. As the number of people in a given area increase, so does the number of interactions, and the society becomes more complex.