The moderating effects of internal and perceived external sanction threats on the relationship between deviant peer associations and criminal offending

Integrating social learning and deterrence literatures, the present study hypothesizes a circumstance in which aspects of sanction threats mitigate the influence of deviant peers on criminal offending. Multiple regression analyses of the National Youth Survey (Wave VI, 1984) yielded results generall...

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Main Author: Liu, Ruth Xiaoru (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
In: Western criminology review
Year: 2003, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 191-202
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Kriminalität
Peer Group
Beeinflussung
Bestrafungsrisiko
Informelle Sozialkontrolle
Crime
deviant peers
internal sanction
perceived informal sanction
perceived formal sanction