" The best organized and most comprehensive theory textbook to use for both graduate and
undergraduate students. It provides historical context to the theories, and the authors make it�…

Beginning in the 1970s, the United States began an experiment in mass imprisonment.
Supporters argued that harsh punishments such as imprisonment reduce crime by deterring�…

Incarceration is definitively linked to poor health, and upon release from prison, many
individuals experience difficulty in maintaining good health. Given the complexity of the�…

Drawing on general strain theory and the terrorism research, this chapter argues that
terrorism is more likely when individuals experience “collective strains” that are a) high in�…

Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Ninth Edition, is a highly acclaimed textbook
offering a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology and�…

According to general strain theory (GST), individuals who experience strain or stress often
become upset and sometimes cope with crime. This simple idea is at the core of GST�…

Abstract General Strain Theory (GST) is one of the leading theories of crime and
delinquency in the field of criminology, with victimization identified as a leading source of�…

Purpose The present study sought to examine the independent and interactive contribution
of negative emotionality and emotion dysregulation in predicting levels of physical�…

Objectives This paper addresses a central problem in general strain theory (GST): the mixed
results regarding those factors said to condition the effect of strains on crime. We test�…

Theoretical suppositions suggest a potential vulnerability in some individuals with autism
spectrum conditions (ASCs) to displaying offending behaviours. Additionally, it is recognised�…