Analysis of Violent and Non-violent Versatility in Self-reported Juvenile Delinquency

Situational action theory (SAT) has emphasized the interaction between individual and social influences on youth crime involvement. In this study, attitudes towards violence, self-control and perception of neighbourhood are tested in order to determine to what extent they predict versatility in viol...

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Published in:Psychiatry, psychology, and law psychology, and law, 2018-01, Vol.25 (1), p.72-85
Main Authors: Cuervo, Keren, Villanueva, Lidón, Born, Michel, Gavray, Claire
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action theory
Attitudes
crime
Criminologie
Criminology
Droit, criminologie & sciences politiques
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile offenders
Law, criminology & political science
Neighborhoods
neighbourhood
Nonviolence
Offenses
Questionnaires
Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie
Self control
Self report
self-reported delinquency
situational action theory
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology
Sociologie & sciences sociales
Sociology & social sciences
Traitement & psychologie clinique
Treatment & clinical psychology
versatility, violent/non-violent offences
Violence
Violent crime
Youth
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Summary:Situational action theory (SAT) has emphasized the interaction between individual and social influences on youth crime involvement. In this study, attitudes towards violence, self-control and perception of neighbourhood are tested in order to determine to what extent they predict versatility in violent and non-violent offences. In order to attain this goal, 2309 Belgian youths aged from 12 to 18 years were administered the Self-report Delinquency Questionnaire. When the offences are divided into violent and non-violent versatilities, the results show differences in the factors that predict delinquency; whereas attitudes towards violence and self-control predict all type of offences, the perception of neighbourhood is only a predictive factor for non-violent offences. External and internal factors need to be included in order to predict the widest range of criminal versatility, since committing a crime involves making choices that depend on the perceived alternatives.
ISSN:1321-8719
1934-1687
1934-1687
DOI:10.1080/13218719.2017.1347935