Social learning and self-control: Assessing the moderating potential of criminal propensity

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-202

  Yarbrough, Angela ^a   Jones, Shayne ^b   Sullivan, Christopher ^c   Sellers, Christine ^b   Cochran, John ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal propensity; self control; social amplification; social learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION;

CRIME; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84859312027     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X10396041     Document Type: Review

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