Originating in the tradition of classical sociology (Durkheim, Merton), anomie theory posits
how broad social conditions influence deviant behavior and crime. The French sociologist …

Public-sector corruption siphons trillions of dollars from the global economy and contributes
to social instability. Institutional Anomie Theory, with its focus on the links between social …

The goal of this study was to examine region-specific structural covariates of homicide rates
in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). LAC nations possess 8% of the global …

This article addresses the gap in the literature by empirically assessing a cross-national
comparison of institutional anomie theory (IAT) and self-reported cyberoffending. We used …

Objectives We aim to encourage scholars who conduct cross-national criminological studies
to routinely assess measurement invariance (MI), that is, verify if multi-item instruments that …

Crime rates in Turkey have surged dramatically, contrasting with the crime drop observed in
Western countries. Despite this upsurge, there has been a lack of criminological analysis on …

Institutional anomie theory (IAT) posits that religion is a social institution that influences
crime, yet religion has been relatively neglected in empirical research on IAT. We elaborate …

Summary Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT) was originally formulated as a quintessentially
macro-level theory of crime focused on the properties of large-scale social systems. The …

Eine Institution ist eine normativ geregelte, mit gesellschaftlichem Geltungsanspruch
dauerhaft strukturierte und über Sinnbezüge legitimierte Wirklichkeit sozialen Handelns. Der …

Der aus dem Griechischen entlehnte Begriff (a-nomos) bezeichnet wörtlich den Gegensatz
oder die Abwesenheit von Gesetz und Ordnung und wurde von Emile Durkheim (1858 …