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dc.contributor.authorEngel, Christophen
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-05-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24T11:04:25Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-24T11:04:25Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57472-
dc.description.abstractSelf-control theory is one of the best studied criminological paradigms. Since Gottfredson and Hirschi published their General Theory in 1990 the theory has been tested on more than a million subjects. This meta-study systematizes the evidence, reporting 717 results from 102 different publications that cover 966,364 original data points. The paper develops a methodology that makes it possible to standardize findings although the original papers have used widely varying statistical procedures, and have generated findings of very different precision. Overall, the theory is overwhelmingly supported, but the effect is relatively small, and is sensitive to adding a host of moderating variables.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMax Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aPreprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods |x2012,04en
dc.subject.jelK42en
dc.subject.jelD03en
dc.subject.jelK14en
dc.subject.jelC13en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordmeta-studyen
dc.subject.keywordself-controlen
dc.subject.keywordgeneral theory of crimeen
dc.subject.stwKriminalitäten
dc.subject.stwPersönlichkeitspsychologieen
dc.subject.stwMeta-Analyseen
dc.titleLow self-control as a source of crime: A meta-study-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn687910722en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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