When in Rome:: testing the moderating influence of neighborhood composition on the relationship between self-control and juvenile offending

This study investigates the stability of self-control by examining whether neighborhood composition conditions the effect of self-control on offending. Congruent with social learning perspectives, I argue that neighborhood behavioral models provide a conduit for the expression of one’s self-control....

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Main Author: Jones, Adrian M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2017, Volume: 63, Issue: 7, Pages: 759-785
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Self-control
PHDCN
Neighborhood effects
Zero-inflated negative binomial models (ZINB)
Social learning theory
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Summary:This study investigates the stability of self-control by examining whether neighborhood composition conditions the effect of self-control on offending. Congruent with social learning perspectives, I argue that neighborhood behavioral models provide a conduit for the expression of one’s self-control. Using data from the Project of Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), I examine multi-level zero-inflated negative binomial models that include cross-level interactions between self-control and aggregate self-control. I found that for the frequency of delinquency, but not serious offending, the effect of low self-control is amplified in neighborhoods identified as having low aggregate self-control. These findings provide evidence that the effect of low self-control on offending is not always invariant across neighborhoods.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128715596989