A Test of Gottfredson and Hirschi’S General Theory of Crime in African American Adolescents

By Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Jennifer M. Crosswhite. 2004

132 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Applied Psychology

1. C. Gibson
2. L. Belliston
3. Zahra Shekarkhar
4. Alexander T. Vazsonyi
5. Travis C. Pratt
6. Michael D. Reisig
7. F. Cullen
8. James D. Unnever

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. F. Cullen
2. James D. Unnever
3. R. Agnew
4. L. Belliston
5. C. Gibson
6. Zahra Shekarkhar
7. Alexander T. Vazsonyi
8. Travis C. Pratt

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Travis C. Pratt
2. James D. Unnever
3. C. Gibson
4. F. Cullen
5. Michael D. Reisig
6. R. Agnew
7. Alexander T. Vazsonyi
8. L. Belliston

Citations in the corpus

• THE FAMILY → LOW SELF-CONTROL → DEVIANCE (2007, methodology): “…the low self-control— deviance relationship, finds support across different racial and ethnic groups within the United States (e.g., Hay, 2001; Vazsonyi & Crosswhite, 2004) and in different cultural or national groups among countries (e.g., Hwang & Akers, 2003; Romero, Gomez-Frauela, Luengo,…”
• Low Self-Control and Imprudent Behavior Revisited (2011, background): “2003 ; Vazsonyi and Crosswhite 2004 ), and criminal victimization (Holtfreter et al.”
• Does the Effect of Impulsivity on Delinquency Vary by Level of Neighborhood Disadvantage? (2006, unknown): “…in different countries (Forde & Kennedy, 1997; LaGrange & Silverman, 1999) or that have been completed as cross-national comparative tests (Vazsonyi, Pickering, Junger, & Hessing, 2001; Vazsonyi, Wittekind, Belliston, & Van Loh, 2004) or cross-cultural/ethnic ones (Vazsonyi & Crosswhite, 2004).”
• Gender, Self-Control, and Offending Behaviors Among Latino Youth (2011, background): “This finding is not only in-line with selfcontrol theory’s predictions, but also with other studies that have found low-self control to be significant predictors of offending in minority and cross-cultural samples (Vazsonyi & Crosswhite, 2004; Vazsonyi et al., 2001).”
• Gender, Bullying Victimization, and Juvenile Delinquency: A Test of General Strain Theory (2008, methodology): “Consistent with much previous research ( Pratt & Cullen, 2000 ; Vazsonyi & Crosswhite, 2004 ), “low self-control” is measured by the items developed by Grasmick, Tittle, Bursik, and Arneklev (1993) (see Appendix A).”
• Why is “Bad” Parenting Criminogenic? Implications From Rival Theories (2006, methodology): “Consistent with much previous research (Pratt & Cullen, 2000; Vazsonyi & Crosswhite, 2004), Grasmick, Tittle, Bursik, & Arneklev’s (1993) scale was used to measure the respondent’s level of low self-control.”