Explaining Chinese Delinquency: Self-Control, Morality, and Criminogenic Exposure

This study extends the testing of situational action theory (SAT) to a Chinese population, and sheds new light on the directions of the moderation relationships between self-control and morality, and between crime propensity and criminogenic exposure on delinquency. Relying on a large, representativ...

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Authors: Wu, Yuning (Author) ; Chen, Xiaojin (Author) ; Qu, Jia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2022, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, Pages: 570-592
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Unsupervised socializing
Delinquent peers
Morality
Self-control
Situational Action Theory
China