@article{ref1,
title="A reconceptualized model of self-control and crime: specifying the role of self-control variability",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2015",
author="Pratt, Travis C.",
volume="42",
number="6",
pages="662-679",
abstract="In this article an argument is developed that criminologists' focus on individuals' levels of self-control has caused us to miss another key component within this theoretical tradition: within-individual situational variability in self-control. Accordingly, in the present study, self-control variability is treated as an important theoretical construct that should explain criminal behavior independent of one's level of self-control. This proposition is tested empirically on a sample of young adults, using measures of both self-control and situational self-control variability in a series of multivariate regression models. The results demonstrate that both self-control and self-control variability exert significant and independent effects on criminal behavior. These results reveal support for a reconceptualized model of self-control that incorporates both static and dynamic dimensions.   Keywords: Juvenile justice<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854814557888",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854814557888"
}