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Association: Name: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY URL: http://www.asc41.com
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Rebellon, Cesar. and Manasse, Michelle. "Tautology, Reasoned Action, or Cognitive Dissonance: Re-evaluating the Relationship between Delinquent Attitudes and Delinquent Behavior" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov 14, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p201551_index.html>

Rebellon, C. J. and Manasse, M. , 2007-11-14 "Tautology, Reasoned Action, or Cognitive Dissonance: Re-evaluating the Relationship between Delinquent Attitudes and Delinquent Behavior" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p201551_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: In keeping with social psychological research concerning the relationship between attitudes and behavior, criminological research has consistently found a strong correlation between an individual's criminal attitudes and criminal behavior. Yet there exist three very different, and equally plausible, explanations for this strong correlation. First, it may be the case that existing measures of criminal attitudes and behaviors lack discriminant validity and therefore reflect empirical manifestations of the same underlying personal propensity toward crime. Second, it may be the case that individuals' attitudes toward crime precede their criminal behaviors, much in line with the predictions of such social psychological theories as the Theory of Reasoned Action. In this case, crime control efforts might usefully incorporate attempts to alter criminal attitudes as a means of ultimately controlling criminal behaviors. Third, it may be the case that criminals' attitudes reflect post-hoc rationalizations of their prior criminal behaviors, much in line with such theories as Cognitive Dissonance Theory. In this case, efforts aimed at changing individual's criminal attitudes will not likely serve to control criminal behavior and alternative methods of controlling criminal behavior are more likely to yield positive results. Using longitudinal data from the National Youth Survey, the present study combines latent variable and structural equation modeling techniques to discern which of the above three perspectives most accurately accounts for the correlation between an individual's criminal attitudes and criminal behaviors.

Moving Beyond the State: Political Opposition in Central Asian Authoritarian Regimes

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