Situational And Developmental Dynamics Of Females’ Crime Involvement

• In Event: Key Findings On Girls’ Delinquency Based On Two Longitudinal Studies And One Early Intervention Study

Abstract

Situational action theory (SAT) is a general theory which proposes that all acts of crime are the outcome of a perception-choice process driven by the interplay of personal and contextual rules of conduct and, when relevant, controls. In this paper we use data from the longitudinal Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+) to explore this interplay for males and females, both situationally and over time, and how it may help us better understand gender differences in crime involvement.

Authors

• Kyle Treiber, University of Cambridge

• Caterina Gouvis Roman, Temple University

• Per-Olof Wikstrom, University of Cambridge