RT Article
T1 Revisiting the role of self-control in Situational Action Theory
JF European journal of criminology
VO 15
IS 1
SP 56
OP 76
A1 Kroneberg, Clemens 1980-
A2 Schulz, Sonja 1983-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580044336
AB Wikström’s Situational Action Theory of Crime Causation (SAT) aims at providing a comprehensive account of the action-generating mechanisms that underlie rule-breaking. Paying tribute to the longstanding criminological interest in self-control, SAT also entails a new view of this concept and its role in crime causation. SAT claims that morality is the more fundamental determinant of rule-breaking and that self-control should become relevant only when actors enter a process of deliberation on whether or not to break a rule. Our contribution is twofold: theoretically, we discuss the role of self-control in SAT and derive previously untested implications; empirically, we evaluate these implications based on data from a large German panel study and thereby advance our understanding of when and how self-control matters for crime and delinquency.
K1 Deterrence
K1 Dual processes
K1 Interactions
K1 Moral filter
K1 Morality
DO 10.1177/1477370817732189