Is Low Self-Control Associated With Violence Among Youths in Turkey?

Oezbay O., Koeksoy O.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY, vol.53, no.2, pp.145-167, 2009 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0306624x08314577
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.145-167
  • Keywords: self-control theory, political violence, violence, university, students, Turkey, GENERAL-THEORY, CRIMINAL OPPORTUNITY, CRIME, GENDER, DELINQUENCY, CRIME/DEVIANCE, PREDICTORS, BEHAVIOR, STRAIN, AGE
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Self-control theory is tested in relation to violence on a sample of university students in Turkey. The primary findings indicate support for the theory net of the impacts of strain, deterrence, differential association, social bonding, and routine activity theories: The greater the low self-control, the greater the violence. No subdimensions of self-control have consistent significant impacts on violence. Most high-opportunity measures have positive impacts on violence. Interaction effects occur only among subdimensions of self-control and opportunity variables. Social class and age are significant even when low self-control measures were controlled.