RT Article
T1 Workplace theft: An analysis of student-employee offenders and job attributes
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 27
IS 1
SP 111
OP 127
A1 Mustaine, Elizabeth Ehrhardt
A2 Tewksbury, Richard
LA English
YR 2002
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200128
AB This paper identifies characteristics and behaviors of college students who steal from their places of employment. As such, the present study focuses on the job-related lifestyle behaviors and characteristics of students that influence their opportunities and likelihood of stealing from their place of employment. The data come from self-administered surveys conducted with 1,531 college students in the fall of 1996. Results reveal job characteristics that increase opportunity and past criminal behavior are the most influential predictors of individuals who engage in workplace theft. Policy implications are discussed.
K1 Property Crime
K1 American Sociological Review
K1 Routine Activity
K1 Deviant Behavior
K1 College Student
DO 10.1007/BF02898973