This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by BLACKWELL, B. S. Articles by COCHRAN, J. K. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Racial Differences in Perceived Sanction Threat: Static and Dynamic Hypotheses

HAROLD G. GRASMICK

JOHN K. COCHRAN

This study proposes and tests both static and dynamic hypotheses concerning racial differences in the perceived certainty and severity of sanction threats (i.e., shame, embarrassment, and legal sanctions) for theft, assault, and drunk driving. Pooled data from identical surveys, 1982 and 1992, of random samples of adults living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma are employed to examine these differences. Our findings reveal small racial differences in perceived sanction threats, which have narrowed over time. The implications of these findings for rational choice theory are discussed.

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 31, No. 2, 210-224 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0022427894031002008


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				B. R. E. Wright and C. W. Younts Reconsidering the Relationship between Race and Crime: Positive and Negative Predictors of Crime among African American Youth Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, August 1, 2009; 46(3): 327 - 352. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. D. FOGLIA Perceptual Deterrence and the Mediating Effect of Internalized Norms among Inner-City Teenagers Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, November 1, 1997; 34(4): 414 - 442. [Abstract] [PDF]