How General Is General Strain Theory? Assessing Determinacy and Indeterminacy across Life Domains

This article explores how assumptions of determinacy and indeterminacy apply to general strain theory. Theories assuming determinacy assert that motivational conditions determine specific forms of deviant adaptations, whereas those assuming indeterminacy propose that a given social circumstance can...

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Main Author: DeCoster, Stacy Marie (Author)
Contributors: Kort-Butler, Lisa
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: Journal of research in crime and delinquency
Year: 2006, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 297-325
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
IFK: In: Z 31
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