“Do Unstructured Routines Modify the Link Between Social-Psychological Strain and Adolescent Offending?” |
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Authors: | Hanne Op de Beeck Lieven Pauwels |
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Institution: | (1) Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC), Catholic University of Leuven, Hooverplein 10 bus 3417, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;(2) Research Unit Social Analysis of Security (SVA), Ghent University, Universiteitsstraat 4, 9000 Ghent, Belgium |
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Abstract: | In this article, based on Agnew’s General Strain Theory (GST), main as well as interactive effects of social-psychological
strain and unstructured routines in the explanation of petty crime and serious delinquency are studied in a general adolescent
population. Data signify that family and school strain does relate to adolescent offending. However, chances of these types
of strain leading to adolescent offending are highest amongst youth who do not engage in unstructured routines, which indicates
that individual- and situational-based causes of offending have a great potential of being studied together. Strain resulting
from a beloved person getting ill or passing away, on the other hand, only relates to adolescent offending through unstructured
routines. Finally, it was found that strain mechanisms are more important in the explanation of serious delinquency than petty
crime. Implications for further research as well as for the future of GST are discussed. |
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