Abstract General Strain Theory (GST) is one of the leading theories of crime and
delinquency in the field of criminology, with victimization identified as a leading source of …

Identity theft—one of the fastest growing crimes—results in considerable financial losses as
well as time spent to restore credit and prevent future attacks. While scholars have begun to …

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to juvenile delinquency by defining and
describing juvenile delinquency, examining explanations for delinquent behavior, and …

Purpose This study examined the independent effects of child abuse on self-control and
delinquency and explored whether self-control mediates the child abuse-delinquency …

Using a national probability sample of adolescents (12–17), this study applies general strain
theory to how violent victimization, vicarious violent victimization, and dual violent …

Although criminological research has provided support for general strain theory (GST), there
is still little known about the relationship between victimization and delinquency among …

PURPOSE: Despite continued increase in research on general strain theory (GST), previous
studies on the relationship between GST and other criminological theories has been limited …

Bullying victimization has been directly associated with a variety of negative outcomes, but
there are still many unknowns as to how deleterious emotional states resulting from …

The evidence is clear that substance use and drug problems often accompany other
antisocial behavior generally and violent behavior specifically; however, the specificity of the …

Adopting the integrated model of General Strain Theory (GST), the current study tested the
relations between cyberbullying roles (ie, cyberbully, cybervictim, and cyberbully-victim) and …