Rationalizing Delinquency: Understanding the Person-situation Interaction through Item Response Theory

No. Panggil :	eja-21-0286
Nama Orang :	Thomas, Kyle J.






Penerbitan :	[Place of publication not identified] : Sage - Crime and Justice, 2019

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Abstrak	Objectives: I argue that a person-situation complex of delinquent rationaliza tions can be conceptualized by relating rationalizations to item response the ory (IRT), where approval of delinquency is predominately a function of the individual willingness to rationalize (yj) and situational difficulty of applying a rationalization (bi ). This framework offers testable predictions and addresses extant criticisms. Method: Adolescents from a public high school (N ¼ 223) and subjects from the National Youth Survey (N ¼ 1,436) were asked their degree of approval for delinquency under various circumstances. Graded response models assessed the joint effects of individual and situational characteristics on approval of delinquency. I test whether differences in self-reported offending (SRO) and willingness to offend (WTO) are con sistent with predictions derived from IRT models. Results: Approval of delinquency is a joint function of individual and situational characteristics. Some situations are so easy to rationalize that most everyone is predicted to approve of delinquency, and others are so difficult that only those very high in y are predicted to express approval. SRO and WTO differences between individuals and situations are consistent with the IRT predictions. Conclusion: The findings demonstrate the utility of IRT for understanding delinquent rationalizations. The implications of the findings for theory and person-situation explanations are discussed.
001 Hak Akses (open/membership)	membership
Kata Kunci	rationalizations, item response theory, delinquency
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Tahun Terbit	2019
No. Induk	eja-21-0286
Entri Sumber Data	Sage - Crime and Justice
Entri Utama Nama orang	Thomas, Kyle J.
Volume, Nomor, Tahun dan Hlm.	vol. 56, no. 1, p. 3-4
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Barcode	eja-21-0286
Judul Utama	Rationalizing Delinquency: Understanding the Person-situation Interaction through Item Response Theory
Kode Bahasa	eng
Sumber Koleksi	Perpustakaan Nasional