Pathways of Violence and Their Drivers Ages 13 to 24

• In Event: Pathways in Crimes of Violence and Their Drivers

Abstract

This paper aims to explore and explain patterns of violent behavior throughout adolescence and early adulthood. A test of the Situational Action Theory, the main hypothesis is that stability and change in patterns of violence over time are explained by stability and change in young people's character (i.e. morality), their exposure to circumstances that are conducive to violence and their ability to exercise self-control in these circumstances. Analyses rely on data from the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+), which covers 8 waves from the age of 13 to 24 years. Trajectory modelling and structural equation modelling are used to answer the main aim.

Authors

• Gabriela Roman, University of Cambridge

• Per-Olof Wikstrom, University of Cambridge

• Kyle Treiber, University of Cambridge