Is low self-control associated with violence among youths in Turkey?

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-167

  Özbay, Özden ^a   Köksoy, Onur ^a  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Political violence; Self control theory; Students; Turkey; University; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIOLENCE;

CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TURKEY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62249131527     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08314577     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Akers, R.L. (1991). Self-control as a general theory of crime. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 7, 201-211.
2. Akers, R.L., & Sellers, C.S. (2004). Criminological theories: Introduction, evaluation, and application. Los Angeles: Roxbury.
3. Baron, S.W. (2003). Self-control, social consequences, and criminal behavior: Street youth and the general theory of crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 40, 403-425.
4. Benda, B.B. (2005). The robustness of self-control in relation to form of delinquency. Youth & Society, 36, 418-444.
5. Bichler-Robertson, G., Potchak, C.M., & Tibbetts, S. (2003). Low self-control, opportunity, and strain in students' reported cheating behavior. Journal of Crime and Justice, 26, 23-53.
6. Bolin, A.U. (2004). Self-control, perceived opportunity, and attitudes as predictors of academic dishonesty. Journal of Psychology, 138, 101-111.
7. Britt, C.L., & Gottfredson, M.R. (2003). Editors' introduction. In C. L. Britt & M. R. Gottfredson (Eds.), Control theories of crime and delinquency (pp. 1-4). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishing.
8. Burton, S.V., Jr., Evans, T.D., Cullen, F.T., Evans, T.D., Alarid, L.F., & Dunaway, R.G. (1998). Gender, self-control, and crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 35, 123-147.
9. Burton, S.V., Jr., Evans, T.D., Cullen, F.T., Olivares, K.M., & Dunaway, R.G. (1999). Age, self-control, and adults' offending behaviors: A research note assessing a general theory of crime. Journal of Criminal Justice, 27, 45-54.
10. Cauffman, E., Steinberg, L., & Piquero, A.R. (2005). Psychological, neuropsychological and physiological correlates of serious antisocial behavior in adolescence: The role of self-control. Criminology, 43, 133-175.
11. Forde, R.D., & Kennedy, W.L. (1997). Risky lifestyles, routine activities, and the general theory of crime. Justice Quarterly, 14, 265-294.
12. Gibson, C., & Wright, J. (2001). Low self-control and coworker delinquency: A research note. Journal of Criminal Justice, 29, 483-492.
13. Gottfredson, R.M., & Hirschi, T. (1990). A general theory of crime. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
14. Higgins, G.E. (2005). Can low self-control help with the understanding of the software piracy problem ? Deviant Behavior, 26, 1-24.
15. Higgins, G.E., & Ricketts, M.L. (2004). Motivation or opportunity: Which serves as the best mediator in self-control theory ? Western Criminology Review, 5, 77-96.
16. Hirschi, T., & Gottfredson, M. (1993). Commentary: Testing the general theory of crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 30, 47-54.
17. Hirschi, T., & Gottfredson, M.R. (2001). Self-control theory. In R. Paternoster & R. Bachman (Eds.), Explaining criminals and crime: Essays in contemporary criminological theory (pp. 81-96). Los Angeles: Roxbury.
18. Jaccard, J.T. (2001). Interaction effects in logistic regression. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
19. LaGrange, T.C., & Silverman, R.S. (1999). Low self-control and opportunity: Testing the general theory of crime as an explanation for gender differences in delinquency. Criminology, 37, 41-72.
20. Longshore, D. (1998). Self-control and criminal opportunity: A prospective test of the general theory of crime. Social Problems, 45, 102-113.
21. Longshore, D., & Turner, S. (1998). Self-control and criminal opportunity: Cross-sectional test of the general theory of crime. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 25, 81-98.
22. Menard, S. (1995). Applied logistic regression analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
23. Morselli, C., & Tremblay, P. (2004). Criminal achievement, offender networks and the benefits of low self-control. Criminology, 42, 773-804.
24. Nagin, D.S. (1998). Criminal deterrence research at the outset of the twenty-first century. In M. Tonry (Ed.), Crime and justice: A review of research (Vol. 23, pp. 51-91). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
25. Nakhaie, M.R., Silverman, R.A., & LaGrange, T.C. (2000 a). Self-control and social control: An examination of gender, ethnicity, class and delinquency. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 25, 35-59.
26. Nakhaie, M.R., Silverman, R.A., & LaGrange, T.C. (2000 b). Self-control and resistance to school. The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 37, 443-460.
27. Ngai, N., & Cheung, C. (2005). Predictors of the likelihood of delinquency: A study of marginal youth in Hong Kong, China. Youth & Society, 36, 445-470.
28. Özbay, Ö. (2006). Class and self-reported juvenile delinquency: Evidence from Turkey. Journal of Criminal Justice, 3, 237-249.
29. Özbay, Ö., & Özcan, Y.Z. (2006). Classic strain theory and gender: The case of Turkey. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 50, 21-38.
30. Paternoster, R., & Brame, R. (1998). The structural similarity of processes generating criminal and analogous behaviors. Criminology, 36, 633-669.
31. Perrone, D., Sullivan, C.J., Pratt, T.C., & Margaryan, S. (2004). Parental efficacy, self-control, and delinquency: A test of a general theory of crime on a nationally representative sample of youth. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 48, 298-312.
32. Peter, T., LaGrange, T.C., & Silverman, R.A. (2003). Investigating the interdependence of strain and self-control. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 45, 431-464.
33. Piquero, R.A., MacDonald, J., Dobrin, A., Daigle, L.E., & Cullen, F.T. (2005). Self-control, violent offending, and homicide victimization: Assessing the general theory of crime. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21, 55-71.
34. Pratt, C.T., & Cullen, F.T. (2000). The empirical status of Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime: A meta-analysis. Criminology, 38, 931-964.
35. Pratt, T.C., Turner, M.G., & Piquero, A.R. (2004). Parental socialization and community context: A longitudinal analysis of the structural sources of low self-control. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 41, 219-243.
36. Rebellon, C.J., & Gundy, K.V. (2005). Can control theory explain the link between parental physical abuse and delinquency? A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 42, 247-274.
37. Sellers, C.S. (1999). Self-control and intimate violence: An examination of the scope and specification of the general theory of crime. Criminology, 37, 375-404.
38. Tittle, C.R., & Botchkovar, V.E. (2005). Self-control, criminal motivation and deterrence: An investigation using Russian respondents. Criminology, 43, 307-354.
39. Tittle, C.R., Ward, D.A., & Grasmick, H.G. (2003 a). Gender, age, and crime/deviance: A challenge to self-control theory. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 40, 426-453.
40. Tittle, C.R., Ward, D.A., & Grasmick, H.G. (2003 b). Self-control and crime/deviance: Cognitive vs. behavioral measures. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 19, 333-365.
41. Tittle, C.R., Ward, D.A., & Grasmick, H.G. (2004). Capacity for self-control and individuals' interest in exercising self-control. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 20, 143-172.
42. Vazsonyi, A.T., Pickering, L.E., Junger, M., & Hessing, D. (2001). An empirical test of a general theory of crime: A four-nation comparative study of self-control and the prediction of deviance. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 38, 91-131.
43. Vazsonyi, A.T., Wittekind, J.E.C., Belliston, L.M., & Loh, T.D.V. (2004). Extending the general theory of crime to "the East:" Low self-control in Japanese late adolescents. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 20, 189-216.
44. Wang, G.T., Qiao, H., Hong, S., & Zhang, J. (2002). Adolescent social bond, self control and deviant behavior in China. International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, 39, 52-68.
45. Wright, B.R.E., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., & Silva, P.A. (1999). Low self-control, social bonds, and crime: Social causation, social selection, or both? Criminology, 37, 479-514.
46. Wright, J.P., Cullen, F.T., Agnew, R.S., & Brezina, T. (2001). " The root of all evil"? An exploratory study of money and delinquent involvement. Justice Quarterly, 18, 239-268.