Violent victimization and offending: Individual-, situational-, and community-level risk factors

RJ Sampson, JL Lauritsen - Understanding and preventing …, 1994 - books.google.com
The purpose of this paper is to (1) summarize current knowledge on individual-, situational-,
and community-level sources of criminal violence;(2) identify key problems of causal …

The critical role of school climate in effective bullying prevention

C Wang, B Berry, SM Swearer - Theory into practice, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Research has shown a negative association between positive school climate and bullying
behavior. This article reviews research on school climate and bullying behavior and …

[BOOK][B] Understanding and Preventing Violence: Volume 1

JA Roth, AJ Reiss Jr - 1993 - books.google.com
By conservative estimates, more than 16,000 violent crimes are committed or attempted
every day in the United States. Violence involves many factors and spurs many viewpoints …

Saving human lives: What complexity science and information systems can contribute

D Helbing, D Brockmann, T Chadefaux… - Journal of statistical …, 2015 - Springer
We discuss models and data of crowd disasters, crime, terrorism, war and disease
spreading to show that conventional recipes, such as deterrence strategies, are often not …

[BOOK][B] Essential criminology

MM Lanier, S Henry, A Desire'JM - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
In the fourth edition of Essential Criminology, authors Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry, and
Desire. M. Anastasia build upon this best-selling critical review of criminology, which has …

A longitudinal test of social control theory and delinquency

R Agnew - Journal of research in crime and delinquency, 1991 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent longitudinal research suggests that cross-sectional studies have exaggerated the
importance of Hirschi's social control theory. This longitudinal research, however, suffers …

Family violence and the perpetration of adolescent dating violence: Examining social learning and social control processes

VA Foshee, KE Bauman, GF Linder - Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1999 - JSTOR
This study empirically examines why exposure to family violence and adolescent dating
violence are associated. Data are from self-administered questionnaires completed in …

School delinquency and school commitment

PH Jenkins - Sociology of education, 1995 - JSTOR
This article examines the influence of personal background characteristics, family
involvement, and ability grou** on school commitment, which, in turn, affects the extent of …

Gender and crime among felony offenders: Assessing the generality of social control and differential association theories

LF Alarid, VS Burton Jr… - Journal of research in …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Although often tested empirically on high school samples, differential association and social
control theories have only infrequently been used to explain offending by felons. Based on a …

Social Control Theory: The Legacy of Travis Hirschi's Causes of Delinquency

BJ Costello, JH Laub - Annual Review of Criminology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The publication of Travis Hirschi's Causes of Delinquency in 1969 was a watershed moment
in criminology. There are many reasons for the work's lasting influence. Hirschi carefully …