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- Title
PREDICTING THE VIOLENT OFFENDER:THE DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY OF THE SUBCULTURE OF VIOLENCE.
- Authors
MCGLOIN, JEAN MARIE; SCHRECK, CHRISTOPHER J.; STEWART, ERIC A.; OUSEY, GRAHAM C.
- Abstract
This study tests the extent to which an adherence to the subculture of violence uniquely predicts a tendency to favor violence or instead predicts a more generalized offending repertoire, of which violence is part. Specifically, we use a unique analytic technique that provides the opportunity to distinguish empirically between the 'violent offender' and/or the 'frequent offender.' The results suggest that holding values favorable toward violence consistently predicts general offending but do not identify youth who systematically favor violence over nonviolence. This discussion considers the impact of these findings for the continued utility of the subculture of violence perspective.
- Subjects
VIOLENT criminals; DISCRIMINANT analysis; SUBCULTURES; VIOLENCE; EXPERTISE; EMPIRICAL research; TEENAGERS &; violence; DATA analysis; DUMMY variables; MATHEMATICAL models
- Publication
Criminology, 2011, Vol 49, Issue 3, p767
- ISSN
0011-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00235.x