GENERAL STRAIN, STREET YOUTH AND CRIME: A TEST OF AGNEW'S REVISED THEORY*

By Stephen W. Baron. 2004

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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General Strain Theory and Delinquency (2008, neutral): “Finally, Baron (2004), sampling Canadian street youth, examined the relationship among various types of strain (i.e., relative deprivation, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, homelessness, and criminal victimization) and criminal behaviors.”
RACE‐SPECIFIC EMPLOYMENT CONTEXTS AND RECIDIVISM* (2010, neutral): “ Studies to date have established that unemployed individuals are more likely to be involved in property crime (Baron, 2008; Farrington et al., 1986), violent crime (Baron, 2004; Baron and Hartnagel, 1997; Magdol et al., 1997) and drug crime (Baron, 2008; Baron and Hartnagel, 1997) (see, …”
Street Youth, Gender, Financial Strain, and Crime: Exploring Broidy and Agnew's Extension to General Strain Theory (2007, background): “2See Agnew et al. 2002; Aseltine et al. 2000; Baron 2004; Baron and Hartnagel 2002; Capowich et al. 2001; Hoffman and Miller 1998; Jang and Johnson 2003; 2005; Mazerolle and Maahs 2000; Mazerolle et al. 2000; Paternoster and Mazerolle 1994; Robbers, 2004.”
Gender Differences in Strain, Negative Emotions, and Coping Behaviors: A General Strain Theory Approach (2007, background): “This interpretation, of course, should be taken with caution because it is problematic to the extent that the assumption is not correct, while it is the same assumption that previous researchers had to make, whether implicitly or explicitly, when they analyzed cross-sectional data (e.g., Agnew & Whi”
Relative Deprivation (2012, background): “Escape behaviors include physical exercise (Kasimatis, 1993), smoking (Dijkstra & Borlan, 2003), drinking alcohol and other drug use (Baron, 2004), gambling (Callan, Ellard, Shead, & Hodgins, 2008), and watching television (Yang et al.”
The Role of Negative Emotion in General Strain Theory (2008, methodology): “Shaver et al. (1987) note that people also report fear when there is a threat of social rejection, when there is a possibility of loss or failure, and when people experience a loss of control. Smith and Lazarus (1993) support this script for fear, yet their findings emphasize the inability to thwart”
Status Concerns as a Motive for Crime? (2015, background): “…comparison of wealth or status) is an important cause of strain and may be a powerful motivator of crime (see, e.g., Young 2006); empirical work has shown that people are more likely to engage in crime when they experience a sense of relative deprivation (see, e.g., Baron 2004, Stiles et al. 2000).”
Something Old, Something New: Revisiting Competing Hypotheses of the Victimization-Offending Relationship Among Adolescents (2011, background): “Agnew’s General Strain Theory, for example, is explicit in identifying victimization—including experienced, vicarious and anticipated—as a key source of strain that causes subsequent criminal coping responses (Agnew 2001, 2002; Baron 2004 ).”
Socioeconomic Status, Economic Problems, and Delinquency (2008, background): “…achieve economic goals is associated with higher levels of delinquency and crime—although not all studies find this (Agnew, 1994; Agnew et al., 1996; Baron, 2004; Burton & Dunaway, 1994; Burton, Cullen, Evans, & Dunaway, 1994; Cernkovich, Giordano, & Rudolph, 2000; Farnworth & Leiber, 1989;…”