Assessing the Mediation of a Fuller Social Learning Model on Low Self-Control's Influence on Software Piracy

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1157-1184

  Burruss, George W ^a   Bossler, Adam M ^b   Holt, Thomas J ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

low self control; mediation; social learning; software piracy; suppression effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887542581     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128712437915     Document Type: Article

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