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Low self-control as a source of crime: A meta-study

Self-control theory is one of the best studied criminological paradigms. Since Gottfredson and Hirschi published their General Theory in 1990 the theory has been tested on more than a million subjects. This meta-study systematizes the evidence, reporting 717 results from 102 different publications that cover 966,364 original data points. The paper develops a methodology that makes it possible to standardize findings although the original papers have used widely varying statistical procedures, and have generated findings of very different precision. Overall, the theory is overwhelmingly supported, but the effect is relatively small, and is sensitive to adding a host of moderating variables.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ; No. 2012,04

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Criminal Law
Estimation: General
Thema
meta-study
self-control
general theory of crime
Kriminalität
Persönlichkeitspsychologie
Meta-Analyse

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Engel, Christoph
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2012

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Engel, Christoph
  • Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Entstanden

  • 2012

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