A Partial Test of Wikstrӧm’s Situational Action Theory Using Self Report Data on Intimate Partner Violence

• In Event: Criminological Theory and Criminal Decision Making

Abstract

Wikstrӧm’s Situational Action Theory (SAT) proposes a general theory of crime causation that addresses two sets of interactions between individuals and their situation/environment. These interactions (i.e., personal morality *situational temptations/provocations and self-control*perceptual deterrence) predict whether or not individuals choose a criminal action. The current study utilized self-report data on intimate partner violence collected at a large urban university in Florida (n=1124) to test this process by examining both direct and the interactive effects.

Authors

• Lauren Nicole Miley, University of South Florida

• John Cochran, University of South Florida

• Christine S. Sellers, Texas State University