@article{ref1,
title="When in Rome: testing the moderating influence of neighborhood composition on the relationship between self-control and juvenile offending",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="2017",
author="Jones, Adrian M.",
volume="63",
number="7",
pages="759-785",
abstract="This study investigates the stability of self-control by examining whether neighborhood composition conditions the effect of self-control on offending. Congruent with social learning perspectives, I argue that neighborhood behavioral models provide a conduit for the expression of one's self-control. Using data from the Project of Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), I examine multi-level zero-inflated negative binomial models that include cross-level interactions between self-control and aggregate self-control. I found that for the frequency of delinquency, but not serious offending, the effect of low self-control is amplified in neighborhoods identified as having low aggregate self-control. These findings provide evidence that the effect of low self-control on offending is not always invariant across neighborhoods.  Keywords: Juvenile justice  <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/0011128715596989",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128715596989"
}