Search Results - "Akers, Ronald L."

A Cross-Cultural Test of Social Structure and Social Learning: Alcohol Use among South Korean Adolescents by Kim, Eunyoung, Akers, Ronald L., Yun, Minwoo

“…The main purpose of this study is to test the validity and cross-cultural generalizability of Akers' Social Structure and Social Learning (SSSL) model of crime…”
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Attitude Transference and Deviant Behavior: A Comparative Study in Japan and the United States by Kobayashi, Emiko, Akers, Ronald L., Sharp, Susan F.

“…Attitude transference is the term that has come to be used to refer to a key process by which one's personal attitudes approving or disapproving of certain…”
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Understanding Gang Membership and Crime Victimization Among Jail Inmates: Testing the Effects of Self-Control by Fox, Kathleen A., Lane, Jodi, Akers, Ronald L.

“…Although previous research has examined factors related to gang membership and offending, research on the relationship between gangs and victimization is…”
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IS DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION/SOCIAL LEARNING CULTURAL DEVIANCE THEORY? by AKERS, RONALD L.

“…Sutherland's differential association theory has long been criticized as a “cultural deviance” theory, and the critics have continued to apply this same…”
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Is stalking a learned phenomenon? An empirical test of social learning theory by Fox, Kathleen A., Nobles, Matt R., Akers, Ronald L.

“…We examine the extent to which components of social learning theory (i.e., definitions, differential reinforcement, and differential association/modeling)…”
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A Comparison of Four General Theories of Crime and Deviance: Marijuana Use Among American and Bolivian University Students by Meneses, Rohald Ardwan, Akers, Ronald L.

“…Explanations of deviant and criminal behavior have been widely studied in the United States and Europe with some studies also conducted in Asian countries. The…”
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Assessing the Overlap in Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization among South Korean College Students: The Influence of Social Learning and Self-Control by Jennings, Wesley G., Park, MiRang, Tomsich, Elizabeth A., Gover, Angela R., Akers, Ronald L.

“…Research has recently begun to identify an overlap of involvement in offending and victimization and a shared commonality of risk factors for both outcomes…”
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Do perceptions of neighborhood disorganization predict crime or victimization? An examination of gang member versus non-gang member jail inmates by Fox, Kathleen A., Lane, Jodi, Akers, Ronald L.

“…This study examines the effects of perceptions of social disorganization on crime perpetration and victimization among a sample of incarcerated adult gang and…”
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Examining the Influence of Delinquent Peer Association on the Stability of Self-Control in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence: Toward an Integrated Theoretical Model by Jennings, Wesley G., Higgins, George E., Akers, Ronald L., Khey, David N., Dobrow, Jason

“…Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) general theory of crime and Akers' social learning theory ( 1998 ) have been given considerable attention in the…”
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Magic Mint, The Internet, and Peer Associations: A Test Of Social Learning Theory Using Patterns of Salvia Divinorum Use by Lee Miller, Bryan, Stogner, John M., Khey, David N., Akers, Ronald L., Boman, John, Griffin, O. Hayden

“…As new drugs are introduced into the market, it becomes the role of policy makers to assess the dangers associated with each drug and its potential to be…”
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Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Drug Use in Korea by Hwang, Sunghyun, Akers, Ronald L.

“…The analysis and findings reported here are from a self-report questionnaire survey of a sample of 1,035 high school students in Pusan, a metropolitan area of…”
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A New Trick for an Old Dog: Applying Developmental Trajectories to Inform Drug Use Progression by Ward, Jeffrey T., Stogner, John, Gibson, Chris L., Akers, Ronald L.

“…The frequent criticisms of the “gateway hypothesis” have led scholars to note the importance of considering the role of intra-individual change for drug use…”
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age, social learning, and social bonding in adolescent substance use by Akers, Ronald L., Lee, Gang

“…We propose that social learning and social bonding theories are capable of accounting for the well-known relationship of crime and delinquency to age. Models…”
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Self-Control as a General Theory of Crime by Akers, Ronald L.

“…A review article on a book by Michael R. Gottfredson & Travis Hirschi, A General Theory of Crime (Stanford, Calif: Stanford U Press, 1990 [see listing in IRPS…”
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SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE: THE CASE OF CRIMINOLOGY by Akers, Ronald L.

“…Issues in the application of sociological theory to practice in the control, prevention, and treatment of criminal and delinquent behavior are reviewed. The…”
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Rational Choice, Deterrence, and Social Learning Theory in Criminology: The Path Not Taken by Akers, Ronald L.

“…Rational choice theory, which has been derived mainly from the expected utility model in economics, has become an important topic in criminology, sociology,…”
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Social Learning and Social Structure: Reply to Sampson, Morash, and Krohn by AKERS, RONALD L.

“…Reply to a review symposium on a book by Ronald L. Akers, Social Learning and Social Structure: A General Theory of Crime and Deviance (Boston, MA:…”
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Community Context and Theories of Deviant Behavior: An Examination of Social Learning and Social Bonding Theories by Krohn, Marvin D., Lanza-Kaduce, Lonn, Akers, Ronald L.

“…The social learning and social bonding theories of deviant behavior were investigated in four community contexts: farm, rural-nonfarm, suburban, and urban. The…”
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COMMENTARY ON PART I: THEORY AND RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE by Akers, Ronald L.

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Linking Sociology and Its Specialties: The Case of Criminology by Akers, Ronald L.

“…The purpose of this article is to raise some questions and to make some observations about the linkages of sociology to its specialties by reviewing the…”
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