RT Article
T1 Sanctions, short-term mindsets, and delinquency: Reverse causality in a sample of high school youth
JF Legal and criminological psychology
VO 25
IS 2
SP 199
OP 218
A1 Gelder, Jean-Louis van
A2 Averdijk, Margit
A2 Ribeaud, Denis
A2 Eisner, Manuel 1959-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/183877257X
AB PURPOSE-We question the commonly assumed view of a fixed causal ordering between self-control, delinquency, and sanctions and test the hypothesis that experiencing sanctions may reduce levels of self-control, thereby increasing the risk of future delinquent behaviour. As a subsidiary goal, we argue for a parsimonious view of self-control that is limited to its key components, risk-taking, and impulsivity.METHODS-We use three waves of data from the Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood into Adulthood (z-proso), an ongoing prospective longitudinal study of Swiss urban youth (N = 1,197), and include police contacts and school sanctions as predictors of delinquency. We test our hypothesis using path analysis and control for a series of potential confounders, including prior levels of self-control and earlier delinquency.RESULTS-In line with our hypothesis, the results indicate that sanctioning reduces levels of self-control, net of prior levels of self-control, and earlier delinquency and that self-control mediates the relation between sanctioning and subsequent delinquency.CONCLUSIONS-We conclude that the relation between self-control and crime may be bi- rather than unidirectional with sanctions reducing levels of self-control, which in turn contributes to criminal behaviour. Implications for theory are discussed.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 214-218
NO gesehen am 09.03.2023
NO First published: 7 April 2020
K1 Deterrence
K1 Impulsivity
K1 Risk-taking
K1 Sanctions
K1 Self-control
K1 short-term mindsets
DO 10.1111/lcrp.12170