In search of the origins of crime continuity: Aggressive versus nonaggressive delinquency as a key factor in the psychological inertia process

IF 2.7 2区 心理学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Aggressive Behavior Pub Date : 2024-01-16 DOI:10.1002/ab.22134
Glenn D. Walters, Jon Kremser, Lindsey Runell
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The purpose of this study was to test whether the psychological inertia process believed to give rise to crime continuity is limited to aggressive delinquency or evolves from both aggressive and nonaggressive delinquency. Self-report data provided by 845 early adolescent youth (406 boys, 439 girls) were analyzed in an effort to test the hypothesis that aggressive rather than nonaggressive delinquency precipitates a rise in delinquency through the intervening influence of cognitive impulsivity but not moral neutralization. The hypothesis stated that of the four models evaluated in this study (aggressive delinquency → moral neutralization → offense variety; aggressive delinquency → cognitive impulsivity → offense variety; nonaggressive delinquency → moral neutralization → offense variety; nonaggressive delinquency → cognitive impulsivity → offense variety), only the aggressive delinquency → cognitive impulsivity → offense variety model would achieve significance. Consistent with this hypothesis, only the aggressive delinquency → cognitive impulsivity → offense variety pathway was, in fact, significant. The current findings suggest that the psychological inertia process may be driven by a pattern of aggressive delinquency followed by cognitive impulsivity and that neither nonaggressive delinquency nor moral neutralization contribute to the process. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

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寻找犯罪持续性的根源:攻击性与非攻击性犯罪是心理惰性过程中的一个关键因素
本研究的目的在于检验,被认为会导致犯罪持续发生的心理惯性过程是仅限于攻击性犯罪,还是由攻击性和非攻击性犯罪演变而来。研究分析了 845 名青春期早期青少年(406 名男孩,439 名女孩)提供的自我报告数据,试图验证以下假设:通过认知冲动而非道德中和的干预影响,攻击性犯罪而非非攻击性犯罪会促使犯罪率上升。该假设指出,在本研究评估的四个模型(攻击性犯罪→道德中和→违法行为种类;攻击性犯罪→认知冲动→违法行为种类;非攻击性犯罪→道德中和→违法行为种类;非攻击性犯罪→认知冲动→违法行为种类)中,只有攻击性犯罪→认知冲动→违法行为种类模型能达到显著性。与这一假设相一致的是,事实上只有攻击性犯罪→认知冲动性→犯罪种类这一路径是显著的。目前的研究结果表明,心理惰性过程可能是由攻击性犯罪模式和认知冲动驱动的,而非攻击性犯罪和道德中和都不会对这一过程产生影响。本文讨论了这些结果的理论和实践意义。
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Aggressive Behavior
Aggressive Behavior 医学-行为科学
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4.90
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3.40%
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52
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>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Aggressive Behavior will consider manuscripts in the English language concerning the fields of Animal Behavior, Anthropology, Ethology, Psychiatry, Psychobiology, Psychology, and Sociology which relate to either overt or implied conflict behaviors. Papers concerning mechanisms underlying or influencing behaviors generally regarded as aggressive and the physiological and/or behavioral consequences of being subject to such behaviors will fall within the scope of the journal. Review articles will be considered as well as empirical and theoretical articles. Aggressive Behavior is the official journal of the International Society for Research on Aggression.
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