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STRAIN, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND DELINQUENCY: EXTENDING GENERAL STRAIN THEORY
- R. Agnew, T. Brezina, J. Wright, F. T. Cullen
- Law, Psychology
- 1 February 2002
Although Agnew's (1992) general strain theory (GST) has secured a fair degree of support since its introduction, researchers have had trouble explaining why some individuals are more likely than…
Family social capital and delinquent involvement
- J. Wright, F. T. Cullen, Jeremy T. Miller
- Law, Economics
- 2001
Association of Prenatal and Childhood Blood Lead Concentrations with Criminal Arrests in Early Adulthood
- J. Wright, K. Dietrich, M. N. Rae
- MedicinePLoS medicine
- 1 May 2008
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PARENTAL EFFICACY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR: DO CONTROL AND SUPPORT MATTER?
- J. Wright, F. T. Cullen
- Psychology, Law
- 1 August 2001
Recently, the concept of “collective efficacy” has been advanced to understand how communities exert control and provide support to reduce crime. In a similar way, we use the concept of “parental…
Is Child Saving Dead? Public Support for Juvenile Rehabilitation
- Melissa M. Moon, Jody L. Sundt, F. T. Cullen, J. Wright
- Psychology, Law
- 1 January 2000
In recent years, the sustained criticism leveled at juvenile rehabilitation has raised the question of whether the public continues to endorse the correctional policy of saving youthful offenders.…
DO PARENTS MATTER IN CREATING SELF-CONTROL IN THEIR CHILDREN? A GENETICALLY INFORMED TEST OF GOTTFREDSON AND HIRSCHI'S THEORY OF LOW SELF-CONTROL*
- J. Wright, Kevin M. Beaver
- Psychology
- 1 November 2005
Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime (1990) has generated an abundance of research testing the proposition that low self-control is the main cause of crime and analogous behaviors. Less…
Low self-control and coworker delinquency: A research note
- Chris L. Gibson, J. Wright
- Law, Sociology
- 1 November 2001
Prior problem behavior accounts for the racial gap in school suspensions
- J. Wright, Mark A. Morgan, M. A. Coyne, Kevin M. Beaver, J. Barnes
- Psychology
- 1 May 2014
Self-Control as an Executive Function
- Kevin M. Beaver, J. Wright, M. DeLisi
- Psychology
- 1 October 2007
According to Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990), levels of self-control are determined by parental management techniques, not by biological and genetic influences. Recent behavioral genetic and…
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