Role-Taking and Recidivism: A Test of Differential Social Control Theory
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Keywords
differential social control, role-taking, recidivism, secondary deviance
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2010.528013
Abstract
To assess the generality of differential social control (DSC) theory, this study examines whether the core propositions of DSC could explain recidivism among a sample of adult offenders. Overall, the results do not lend support for DSC's ability to account for offenders' persistence in crime. Specifically, the results reveal that only two of the five measures of role-taking, antisocial attitudes and number of prior arrests, are consistent significant predictors of recidivism. The results also indicate that measures of role-commitment are not generally related to recidivism and as a consequence, the hypothesized mediating effects of role-taking on the relationship between role-commitment and recidivism by DSC are not supported. The results also show that with the exception of age, social location measures generally are not related to recidivism and thus, definite statements on the mediating effects of DSC's central concepts on this relationship could not be drawn.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Justice Quarterly, v. 28, issue 5, p. 667-697
Scholar Commons Citation
Ngo, Fawn T.; Paternoster, Raymond; Curran, James; and MacKenzie, Doris Layton, "Role-Taking and Recidivism: A Test of Differential Social Control Theory" (2011). Criminology Sarasota Manatee Campus Faculty Publications. 21.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cjp_facpub_sm/21
