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

• Autore: Ahlin Eileen
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.3609773/11
• Soggetto topico: Juvenile delinquency - Illinois - Chicago; Locus of control - Illinois - Chicago; Neighborhoods - Illinois - Chicago; Social control - Illinois - Chicago; Juvenile delinquency; Locus of control
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Youth involvement in crime
• ISBN: 9781593326333; 1593326335
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963330403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship