|
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
|
The Origins of Delinquent Events: An Examination of Offender Accounts
ROBERT AGNEW
Data from a nationally representative sample of adolescents are used to examine the explanations delinquents offer for engaging in 14 different offenses. Property crimes are committed primarily for self-gratification/pleasure and utilitarian need. Violent crimes are committed primarily for retaliation/revenge. Drug offenses are committed primarily because of social pressure, with self-gratification/pleasure also an important reason. With isolated exceptions, these findings hold for less and more serious crimes and across a variety of subgroups. The findings are important because they shed light on the origins of specific delinquent acts or events. In particular, the results provide information on the relative utility of three theories of delinquent events: rational-choice theory and modified versions of strain and subcultural-deviance theory.
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 27, No. 3,
267-294 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0022427890027003004
 CiteULike  Complore  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
|
|
 
M. Ajzenstadt
The relative autonomy of women offenders' decision making
Theoretical Criminology,
May 1, 2009;
13(2):
201 - 225.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. K. Matthews and R. Agnew
Extending Deterrence Theory: Do Delinquent Peers Condition the Relationship between Perceptions of Getting Caught and Offending?
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,
May 1, 2008;
45(2):
91 - 118.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
W. De Haan and J. Vos
A crying shame: The over-rationalized conception of man in the rational choice perspective
Theoretical Criminology,
February 1, 2003;
7(1):
29 - 54.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
H. Grietens, J. Rink, and W. Hellinckx
Nonbehavioral Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency: Communications of Detained and Nondetained Young People About Social Limits
Journal of Adolescent Research,
January 1, 2003;
18(1):
68 - 89.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. F. Marcus and T. G. Reio Jr.
Severity of Injury Resulting from Violence Among College Students: Proximal and Distal Influences
J Interpers Violence,
August 1, 2002;
17(8):
888 - 908.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. AGNEW
Building on the Foundation of General Strain Theory: Specifying the Types of Strain Most Likely to Lead to Crime and Delinquency
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,
November 1, 2001;
38(4):
319 - 361.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
V. A. LOPEZ and E. T. EMMER
Adolescent Male Offenders: A Grounded Theory Study of Cognition, Emotion, and Delinquent Crime Contexts
Criminal Justice and Behavior,
June 1, 2000;
27(3):
292 - 311.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. BREZINA
Delinquent Problem-Solving: An Interpretive Framework for Criminological Theory and Research
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,
February 1, 2000;
37(1):
3 - 30.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. W. MESSERSCHMIDT
Becoming "Real Men": Adolescent Masculinity Challenges and Sexual Violence
Men and Masculinities,
January 1, 2000;
2(3):
286 - 307.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. LOTZ and L. LEE
Sociability, School Experience, and Delinquency
Youth Society,
December 1, 1999;
31(2):
199 - 223.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. W. MESSERSCHMIDT
Making Bodies Matter:: Adolescent Masculinities, the Body, and Varieties of Violence
Theoretical Criminology,
May 1, 1999;
3(2):
197 - 220.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. AGNEW
Testing the Leading Crime Theories: An Alternative Strategy Focusing on Motivational Processes
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,
November 1, 1995;
32(4):
363 - 398.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
