Date of Award

1-1-2009

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

School of Criminal Justice

Content Description

1 online resource (xi, 134 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Greg Pogarsky

Committee Members

Steven Messner, David McDowall, Alan Lizotte, Janet Stamatel

Keywords

Impulsivity, Neighborhood, Person-context interactions, Rasch model, Criminal behavior, Prediction of, Impulsive personality, Neighborhoods

Subject Categories

Criminology

Abstract

A key assumption of the traditional trait-based approach to the study of crime is that personality traits cause people to act similarly across a wide array of contexts. This approach has been challenged for its failure to acknowledge differences in the social environments to which individuals are exposed. Similarly, community-level explanations of crime have been criticized for failing to acknowledge that there are important individual differences between criminals and non-criminals. Ultimately, a full understanding of crime requires the consideration of both individual and environmental differences, perhaps most importantly because they may interact to produce offending behavior. In particular, the influence of individual traits may be context-dependent, or viewed differently, individual traits may affect how individuals respond to their social environments.

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