RT Article
T1 Low Self-Control and Environmental Harm: A Theoretical Perspective and Empirical Test
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 45
IS 5
SP 933
OP 954
A1 Partin, Raymond
A2 Stojakovic, Nevena
A2 Alqahtani, Mohammed
A2 Meldrum, Ryan C.
A2 Pires, Stephen F.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764206010
AB Research finds low self-control is associated with a myriad of delinquent, criminal, and antisocial behaviors. Less attention, however, has been directed at investigating whether low self-control is related to environmental harm. The current study contributes to this area of research in two ways. First, we explicate why low self-control would relate to environmental harms committed by individuals. Second, using data collected on a sample of approximately 500 adults from southeastern Florida, we test whether low self-control is associated with the specific environmental harm of littering. Results indicate low self-control increases the likelihood of both past littering behavior as well as projected littering behavior. Supplementary analyses demonstrate low self-control is associated with higher frequency littering but not lower frequency littering. Discussion centers on the implications of the findings, study limitations, and a call for additional research to investigate the association between low self-control and a broader array of environmental harms.
K1 Littering
K1 Environmental Crime
K1 Environmental harm
K1 General theory of crime
K1 Low self-control
DO 10.1007/s12103-019-09514-3