Understanding Crime Through the Lens of Situational Action Theory: Empirical Findings and Methodological Advancements

Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel

Abstract

This panel brings together research that contributes to the empirical basis of Situational Action Theory (SAT) through a test of the Developmental Ecological Action Model in the context of Hong Kong, and a partial test of the Perception Choice Process applied to intimate partner violence. In addition, the research presented contributes to the methodological literature in two ways. First, by proposing a novel approach to gaining insights into the criminal decision-making processes. The second is an assessment of the measurement invariance of one of SAT’s key concepts, personal morality, between China and the United Kingdom.

Subtopic

• Topic 1: Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Behavior / Biological, Biosocial and Psychological Perspectives

Chair

• Kyle Treiber, University of Cambridge

Individual Presentations

• Social Sources of Moral Education in Hong Kong: A Test of Situational Action Theory’s Developmental Ecological Action Model - Katie Tu, University of Cambridge

• Shifting Morality: the Impact of Motivation on IPV Perpetration - Sarah Carlo, University of Cambridge

• Process Tracing the Criminal Decision-Making Process - Christoph Herrmann, University of Cambridge

• A Measurement Invariance Assessment of Morality between China and the United Kingdom - Xiaoya Xun, Shenzhen University

• The SATNAV Project: a comprehensive school-based programme of change centred around individual morality and moral contexts - Neema Trivedi-Bateman, Loughborough University; Beth Hardie, University of Cambridge