@article{ref1,
title=""Can't stop, won't stop": self-control, risky lifestyles, and repeat victimization",
journal="Journal of quantitative criminology",
year="2014",
author="Turanovic, Jillian J. and Pratt, Travis C.",
volume="30",
number="1",
pages="29-56",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs Drawing from lifestyle-routine activity and self-control perspectives, the causal mechanisms responsible for repeat victimization are explored. Specifically, the present study investigates: (1) the extent to which self-control influences the changes victims make to their risky lifestyles following victimization, and (2) whether the failure to make such changes predicts repeat victimization. <br><br>METHODS Two waves of panel data from the Gang Resistance Education and Training program are used (N = 1,370) and direct measures of change to various risky lifestyles are included. Two-stage maximum likelihood models are estimated to explore the effects of self-control and changes in risky lifestyles on repeat victimization for a subsample of victims (n = 521). <br><br>RESULTS Self-control significantly influences whether victims make changes to their risky lifestyles post-victimization, and these changes in risky lifestyles determine whether victims are repeatedly victimized. These changes in risky lifestyles are also found to fully mediate the effects of self-control on repeat victimization. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that future research should continue to measure directly the intervening mechanisms between self-control and negative life outcomes, and to conceptualize lifestyles-routine activities as dynamic processes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-4518",
doi="10.1007/s10940-012-9188-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10940-012-9188-4"
}