A causal model of neutralization acceptance and delinquency: making the case for an individual difference model

Traditionally, neutralization theory has been conceptualized as a situational strategy employed by offenders to preemptively assuage the guilt they anticipate from contemplated offending and delinquency, and thereby promote offending. While scholars have established that neutralizing and delinquency...

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Authors: Topalli, Volkan (Author) ; Higgins, George E. (Author) ; Copes, Heith 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2014, Volume: 41, Issue: 5, Pages: 553-573
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Decision-making
Delinquency
Individual differences
Neutralization theory
Offenders

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