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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Crime Propensity"”.
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Crime Propensity in Collective and individualistic Societies: A cross-culture comparison between China and the UK
Are the causes of youth crime the same in Western and Eastern countries? Western research based on Situational Action Theory (SAT) has demonstrated that young people’s crime involvement varies by their law-relevant personal morals and ability to exercise self-control (seen as the main sources of …
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Low Heart Rate and Crime: Exploring the Link From an Analytical Perspective
… of the relationship between low heart rate and crime was developed. It was argued that heart rate cannot be a cause of crime, but only a marker of a cause of crime. Specifically, it was hypothesised that a person’s crime propensity would fully mediate the link between heart rate and crime. In …
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Why monitoring doesn't always matter: The situational role of parental monitoring in adolescent crime
… always relevant for the prevention of adolescent crime because adolescents with strong personal moral rules and the ability to exercise self control are unlikely to offend even when they are unsupervised and know that their parents have little knowledge about their activities. Parental monitoring, …
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A test of situational action theory in Saudi Arabia
… comply with the law and refrain from committing crime because they do not see crime as an action alternative, not because they are worried about the consequences. This study explored the applicability and validity of SAT in the cultural context of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A …
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Disentangling School Climate: Analysing the causes of problem and criminal behaviour in schools through the theoretical lens of Situational Action Theory
… have a role to play in helping schools prevent crime on campus and allowing schools to contribute to broader crime prevention. To do this, criminologists will need to help identify the causes of criminal and problem behaviour in schools, how schools develop crime and rule-breaking relevant …