Criminological Theory

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The Multidimensional Structure of Gottfredson and Hirschi's Concept of Self-Control, Survey Research (2010)

The purpose of this study is to determine the unidimensionality of Grasmick’s operationalization of Gottfredson...

 

Ethnic Differences

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Ethnic Differences in Cigarette Smoking Behavior, Survey Research (2011)

The goal of this study is to identify and compare predictors of smoking initiation, persistence...

 

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Gender Differences in Criminal Sentencing (with S. Fernando Rodriguez and Theodore R. Curry), SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY (2006)

Objective. Many studies find that females benefit from their gender in sentencing decisions. Few researchers,...

 

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Social Learning and Structural Factors in Adolescent Substance Use (with Ronald L. Akers and Marian J. Borg), Western Criminology Review (2004)

Akers' (1998) Social Structure and Social Learning (SSSL) model of crime and deviance posits that...

 

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Does Victim Gender Increase Sentence Severity? Further Explorations of Gender Dynamics and Sentencing Outcomes (with Theodore R. Curry and S. Fernando Rodriguez), Crime & Delinquency (2004)

Theoretical and empirical research pertaining to the influence of gender on sentencing outcomes has focused...

 

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An Economic Theory of Deviance (with Jeong-Yoo Kim), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2001)
 

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Parental Influences on Adolescent Marijuana Use and the Baby Boom Generation: Findings from the 1979-1996 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse (with D.B Kandel, P.C Griesler, M. Davies, and C. Schaffran), The Selected Works of Gang Lee (2001)
 

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The Relationship Between Crime And Private Security At U.S. Shopping Centers (with Richard Hollinger and Dean Dabney), American Journal of Criminal Justice (2000)
 

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Age, Social Learning, and Social Bonding in Adolescent Substance Use (with Ronald L. Akers), Deviant Behavior (1999)

We propose that social learning and social bonding theories are capable of account ing for...

 

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A Longitudinal Test of Social Learning Theory: Adolescent Smoking (with Ronald L. Akers), Journal of Drug Issues (1996)

A general social learning theory of deviance is applied to adolescent smoking as a form...

 

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Gender and Well-Being in the Czech Republic (with Joseph Hraba, Frederick Lorenz, and Zdenka Pechacova), Sex Roles (1996)
 

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Gender Differences in Health: Evidence from the Czech Republic (with Joseph Hraba, Frederick Lorenz, and Zdenka Pechacova), Social Science and Medicine (1996)

Gender differences in health have been linked to gender stratification in the United States. Women's...

 

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Gender, Gambling and Problem Gambling (with Joseph Hraba), Journal of Gambling Studies (1996)
 

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Problem Gambling and Policy Advice: The Mutability and Relative Effects of Structural, Associational and Attitudinal Variables (with Joseph Hraba), Journal of Gambling Studies (1996)
 

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Economic Change, Inequality and Distress in the Czech Republic (with Joseph Hraba, Frederick Lorenz, and Zdenka Pechacova), Czech Sociological Review (1994)
 

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Economic Reform in the Czech Republic: Economic Strain, Depression, Hostility and the Difference Gender Makes. (with Joseph Hraba,; Frederick Lorenz; and Zdenka Pechacova), Sociological Inquiry (1994)