Explaining Adolescent Offending Variety in Sweden by Parental Country of Birth: A Test of Situational Action Theory
Journal: KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Year: 2017

The main aim of this study is to explain adolescent offending variety by their parental country of birth. In doing so, the independent effect size and proportion of variance of two core elements of Situational Action Theory (SAT) – propensity and lifestyle risk – on offending variety are examined by immigrant background and gender. Although previous studies produced plenty of support to key assumption of SAT, no study so far measured offending variety as dependent variable. Analyses are based on