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What Does It Mean To Be Broken In A Society?
In Chapter 9, Hirschi mentions the bonding of a society which includes: attachment, commitment, belief and involvement and how if anyone of these elements are broken, then the chances of an individual(s) committed in criminal activity or acting deviant is high.

I think Hirschi is trying to say that within a society there are these bonds that hold a community together and when one or more is broken, it could possibly have an effect for chaos to happen. (i.e. crimes to be committed, deviant behaviors, laws to be broken, etc). A community (society) has a huge influence on an individual and their actions (i.e. surrounding environment, friends, family, etc). For example, if a child is raised in a high-crime rate area as well as raised in a family
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