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Accumulated Strain, Negative Emotions,and Crime: A Test of General Strain Theory in Russia 11 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
Drawing on a random sample of 340 adults, this study examines the relationships between strain, negative emotions, and criminal coping in the context of Russia. Extending the argument of general strai...
Judges' Reactions to Ohio's "Jessica's Law" 11 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
In 2007, Ohio lawmakers passed that state’s version of "Jessica’s law" (Senate Bill [SB] 260), which mandates severe prison terms for sex offenses against very young children. Using data from a survey...
General Strain Theory As a Basis for the Design of School Interventions 11 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
The research described in this article applies general strain theory to identify possible points of intervention for reducing delinquency of students in two middle schools. Data were collected from 29...
Associations Between Order Maintenance Policing and Violent Crime: Considering the Mediating Effects of Residential Context 11 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
The present study examined the relationships between order maintenance arrests and violent crime across and within communities in a major metropolitan setting. Integrating the macro-deterrence and sys...
The Impact of Drug Treatment on Recidivism: Do Mandatory Programs Make a Difference? Evidence From Kansas's Senate Bill 123 11 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
This study compares the recidivism of eligible drug possessors sentenced under Kansas’s mandatory drug treatment policy (SB 123) to those of similar offenders receiving other sentences. Using multinom...
Elaboration on Specialization in Crime: Disaggregating Age Cohort Effects 11 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
To elaborate past research, this study examines the course of specialization and versatility with maturation and contends that specialization develops in a nonrandom manner, as suggested by the orthog...
Reporting Error in Household Gun Ownership in the 2000 General Social Survey 11 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
The use of surveys is one of the few ways to determine the extent and character of firearms ownership in the United States. The findings from such surveys have implications for both firearms research ...
Gendered Pathways? Gender, Mediating Factors, and the Gap in Boys' and Girls' Substance Use 18 Jul 2013 | 10:33 am
A gender gap in alcohol and drug use exists but is somewhat smaller than the gender gap in other forms of delinquency. This article extends studies that examine the gender–delinquency relationship to ...
Age-Sensitive Effect of Adolescent Dating Experience on Delinquency and Substance Use 18 Jul 2013 | 10:33 am
This study uses a developmental perspective and focuses on examining whether the impact of adolescent dating is age-sensitive. Dating at earlier ages is hypothesized to have a stronger effect on adole...
Elder Physical Abuse and Failure to Report Cases: Similarities and Differences in Case Type and the Justice System's Response 18 Jul 2013 | 10:33 am
Treated initially as a social problem, elder abuse has only recently been criminalized. The criminalization of elder abuse involves penalizing offenders for actively abusing offenders as well as for v...
