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INCORPORATING ROUTINE ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITY SPACES, AND SITUATIONAL DEFINITIONS
INTO THE SOCIAL SCHEMATIC THEORY OF CRIME
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Simons RL
; Burt CH
; Barr AB
; Lei MK
; Stewart E
Criminology
2014[Nov]; 52
(4
): 655-687
PMID26392633
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Simons and Burt's (2011) social schematic theory (SST) of crime posits that
adverse social factors are associated with offending because they promote a set
of social schemas (i.e., a criminogenic knowledge structure) that elevates the
probability of situational definitions favorable to crime. This study extends the
SST model by incorporating the role of contexts for action. Furthermore, the
study advances tests of the SST by incorporating a measure of criminogenic
situational definitions to assess whether such definitions mediate the effects of
schemas and contexts on crime. Structural equation models using 10 years of panel
data from 582 African American youth provided strong support for the expanded
theory. The results suggest that childhood and adolescent social adversity
fosters a criminogenic knowledge structure as well as selection into criminogenic
activity spaces and risky activities, all of which increase the likelihood of
offending largely through situational definitions. Additionally, evidence shows
that the criminogenic knowledge structure interacts with settings to amplify the
likelihood of situational definitions favorable to crime.
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