Who’s hanging out and what’s happening?: a look at the interplay between unstructured socializing, crime propensity and delinquent peers using social network data

One of the key observations of delinquency research – that adolescents are more likely to offend during the time spent in the company of peers and without adult supervision – has been supported by recent studies following Situational Action Theory (SAT). According to SAT, exposure to criminogenic se...

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Main Author: Gerstner, Dominik (Author)
Contributors: Oberwittler, Dietrich
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-129
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