A Test of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime in African American Adolescents

Considerable empirical support exists for The General Theory of Crime. However, little work has been completed on members of minority populations in the United States. The current investigation examined whether low self-control predicted deviance in a sample of African American adolescents (n = 661;...

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Main Author: Vazsonyi, Alexander T. (Author)
Contributors: Crosswhite, Jennifer M.
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2004
In: Journal of research in crime and delinquency
Year: 2004, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 407-432
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Keywords:
Selbstkontrolle
Allgemeine Kriminalitätstheorie
Devianz
Afroamerikaner
Jugendliche
Kulturvergleich