Ebook: Problematic Youth Group Involvement as Situated Choice : Testing an Integrated Condition-Controls-Exposure Model

This sociological/criminological study deals with young adolescents' involvement in what is generally referred to as a 'problematic youth group.' The book's overarching meta-theoretical framework will be useful for the development and testing of integrated models. It describes an integrated Conditions-Controls-Exposure model and presents descriptive and theory-testing analyses. Special attention is paid to the end-to-end integration of the micro-ecological setting, social controls (social bonds and monitoring), personal controls (moral beliefs, locus of control, and self-control) and the situational context. [Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Youth Studies]