TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Selection for some, facilitation for others? Self-control theory and the gang-violence relationship
JO  - Deviant behavior
A1  - Fox, Kathleen A.
A1  - Ward, Jeffrey T.
A1  - Lane, Jodi
SP  - 996
EP  - 1019
VL  - 34
IS  - 12
N2  - Although self-control theory has been thought to be entirely consistent with the gang selection model, key theoretical predictions of the general theory imply gang selection effects for those with lower self-control and gang facilitation effects for those with higher self-control. This new hypothesis is tested among a large sample of jail inmates. Results indicate that self-control did not render the gang-violence relationship spurious for the sample as a whole. Gang membership had a significantly greater impact on violent crime among those with very high self-control, but there were still statistically significant gang facilitation effects for the other three self-control groups.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-9625
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2013.800433
ID  - ref1
ER  -