@article{ref1,
title="Does national moral context make a difference? A comparative test of Situational Action Theory",
journal="International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice",
year="2023",
author="Kokkalera, Stuti S. and Marshall, Chris E. and Marshall, Ineke H.",
volume="47",
number="3",
pages="235-253",
abstract="This study examines whether Situational Action Theory (SAT) can explain variation in delinquent offending between countries grouped along shared moral values. Thirteen countries were categorised in terms of &quot;contextual morality&quot; according to results from the World Values Survey. Then, survey data from a cross-section of 12 to 16-year-old youths in the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD3) were employed to test hypotheses that SAT operates differently between countries in &quot;low contextual morality&quot; and &quot;high contextual morality&quot; clusters. Multivariate analyses reveal that SAT is a generalisable theory of offending, since criminal propensity, self-control and personal morality operate in both low and high contextual morality country clusters. While exposure to criminogenic influence is the most salient, it is significantly higher in the &quot;high contextual morality&quot; cluster, suggesting that delinquent behaviour is more frequent when there is inconsistency between personal morality and the broader moral context. We conclude with implications for theory and policy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0192-4036",
doi="10.1080/01924036.2021.2008460",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2021.2008460"
}