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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786294103321

Autore

Ahlin Eileen

Titolo

Youth involvement in crime [[electronic resource] ] : the importance of locus of control and collective efficacy / / Eileen M. Ahlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013

ISBN

1-59332-633-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Disciplina

364.3609773/11

Soggetti

Juvenile delinquency - Illinois - Chicago

Locus of control - Illinois - Chicago

Neighborhoods - Illinois - Chicago

Social control - Illinois - Chicago

Juvenile delinquency

Locus of control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE: THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCUS OF CONTROLAND COLLECTIVE EFFICACY; CHAPTER TWO: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH HYPOTHESES AND METHODOLOGY; CHAPTER FOUR: LOCUS OF CONTROL, COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, AND CRIME; CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; Endnotes; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ahlin uses data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods to examine the independent relationships between locus of control and collective efficacy and youth involvement in crime. She also explores the moderating effect of collective efficacy on the relationship between locus of control and crime. Findings suggest that increased locus of control inhibits criminal activity among youth, while collective efficacy does not influence individual-level criminal behavior. However, collective efficacy completely moderates the relationship between locus of control and crime; nullify