Does Victimization Reduce Self-control? A Longitudinal Analysis

Authors

Robert Agnew, Emory University
Heather Scheuerman, Emory University
Jessica M. Grosholz, Emory UniversityFollow
Deena Isom, Emory University
Lesley Watson, Emory University
Sherod Thaxton, Office of the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.01.005

Abstract

Purpose: To examine the effect of victimization on self-control.

Method: Five waves of data from the GREAT survey are analyzed; the effect of prior victimization on subsequent self-control is estimated using the dynamic panel generalized-method of moments.

Results: Victimization reduces subsequent self-control in the near term.

Conclusions: The findings point to another source of low self-control, help to explain why prior victimization is linked to subsequent victimization, and provide support for general strain theory – which predicts that strains such as victimization will reduce self-control.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Journal of Criminal Justice, v. 39, issue 2, p. 169-174

Scholar Commons Citation

Agnew, Robert; Scheuerman, Heather; Grosholz, Jessica M.; Isom, Deena; Watson, Lesley; and Thaxton, Sherod, "Does Victimization Reduce Self-control? A Longitudinal Analysis" (2011). Criminology Sarasota Manatee Campus Faculty Publications. 36.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cjp_facpub_sm/36