TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Building on the Foundation of General Strain Theory: Specifying the Types of Strain Most Likely to Lead to Crime and Delinquency
JO  - Journal of research in crime and delinquency
A1  - Agnew, Robert
SP  - 319
EP  - 361
VL  - 38
IS  - 4
N2  - General strain theory (GST) is usually tested by examining the effect of strain on crime. Researchers, however, have little guidance when it comes to selecting among the many hundreds of types of strain and have trouble explaining why only some of them are related to crime. This article builds on GST by describing the characteristics of strainful events and conditions that influence their relationship to crime. Strains are said to be most likely to result in crime when they (1) are seen as unjust, (2) are seen as high in magnitude, (3) are associated with low social control, and (4) create some pressure or incentive to engage in criminal coping. Drawing on these characteristics, it is predicted that some types of strain will not be related to crime, including types that have dominated the research on strain theory, and that others will be related to crime, including types that have been neglected by empirical researchers. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by SAGE Publications)  Crime Causes Delinquency Causes Juvenile Crime Juvenile Delinquency Crime Causes Strain Theory Social Control Theory 07-02<p />
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SN  - 0022-4278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -