Using Student Samples in Criminological Research

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Low Self-Control and Fraud (2010, background): “College student samples drawn from universities with stringent admissions requirements and low acceptance rates may be relatively homogeneous, which can lead to range restriction on the variables of interest (Payne & Chappell, 2008).”
Is stalking a learned phenomenon? An empirical test of social learning theory (2011, background): “While college student samples are often successfully used to test a variety of criminological theories (Payne & Chappell, 2008), as well as social learning theory in particular (Sellers et al., 2005), future research should examine the effects of social learning theory on stalking within other…”
Legal Cynicism, Legitimacy, and Criminal Offending (2011, background): “Accordingly, it is difficult to determine whether the findings generalize to other populations (see Payne & Chappell, 2008).”