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Is Low Self-Control Associated With Violence Among Youths in Turkey?

Nigde University, Turkey

Onur Köksoy

Nigde University, Turkey

Self-control theory is tested in relation to violence on a sample of university students in Turkey. The primary findings indicate support for the theory net of the impacts of strain, deterrence, differential association, social bonding, and routine activity theories: The greater the low self-control, the greater the violence. No subdimensions of self-control have consistent significant impacts on violence. Most high-opportunity measures have positive impacts on violence. Interaction effects occur only among subdimensions of self-control and opportunity variables. Social class and age are significant even when low self-control measures were controlled.

Key Words: self-control theory • political violence • violence • university • students • Turkey

This version was published on April 1, 2009

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 53, No. 2, 145-167 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08314577


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