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Inga Dora Sigfusdottir Alfgeir Logi Kristjansson Robert Agnew 《Journal of criminal justice》2012,40(2):117
Purpose
Since its introduction in 1992, general strain theory (GST) has garnered much empirical support. The large share of this support, however, derives from studies conducted in the United States. There is little comparative research on GST, particularly research that examines the effect of the same or similar strains on crime across countries. Thus, we know little about the generalizability of GST. This study attempts to fill this gap by testing GST in five different cities across Europe: Bucharest in Romania, Sofia in Bulgaria, Riga in Latvia, Kaunas in Lithuania and Reykjavik in Iceland.Methods
We examine the relationship between five strain measures and violent- and property crime among samples of adolescents in each city using regression techniques.Results
The data are generally supportive of GST, with most of the strains having significant associations with property and violent crime in all or most of the cities.Conclusion
GST is generalizable to a range of European cities. Implications and examples for future comparative research on GST are discussed. 相似文献12.
Recent work suggests that violence among people with mental illnesses is not simply due to the symptoms and comorbidities that define mental illness. We further this work by examining the extent to which strains or stressors explain the link between mental illness and violence. Specifically, we apply general strain theory (GST) to a longitudinal sample of adults with mental illnesses to investigate the lagged effects on violence of several strain measures, while controlling for mental illness symptoms, substance abuse, past violence, and other key variables. Parental drug abuse from childhood and stressful life events across the life course predict violence in adulthood. In a prospective model, relationship strain from an earlier time period significantly predicts changes in later self-reported violence. The results shed light on the ability of criminological frameworks to explain violence among people with mental illnesses. 相似文献