@article{ref1,
title="Low self-control versus the desire-for-control: An empirical test of white-collar crime and conventional crime",
journal="Deviant behavior",
year="2014",
author="Schoepfer, Andrea and Piquero, Nicole Leeper and Langton, Lynn",
volume="35",
number="3",
pages="197-214",
abstract="Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) general theory of crime has been used to explain a wide variety of criminal and analogous behaviors, yet the few studies that have tested its ability to account for white-collar and corporate offending have yielded mixed results. One response to these mixed findings has been to explore the possibility that unique attributes may predict white-collar and corporate offending. In this vein, limited research examining the relationship between desire-for-control, a similar yet competing construct as low self-control, and corporate crime has revealed desire-for-control to be a stronger predictor of corporate crime than low self-control. The current study expands on existing research by examining the relationship between desire-for-control and low self-control in predicting conventional offending, white-collar or occupational offending, and corporate offending. Results indicate that desire-for-control is a stronger predictor of white-collar and corporate offending than low self-control, but that, as expected, this relationship does not hold true for conventional crime. Theoretical implications and future research directions are also discussed.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0163-9625",
doi="10.1080/01639625.2013.834758",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2013.834758"
}