TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Crime in the kingdom: the effects of low self-control in a Saudi Arabian sample of youth
JO  - Youth violence and juvenile justice
A1  - Sacarellos, Catherine Dimos
A1  - Wright, John Paul
A1  - Almosaed, Nora F.
A1  - Moghrabi, Sameera S.
A1  - Bashatah, Fawzia S.
A1  - Morgan, Mark Alden
SP  - 291
EP  - 312
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
N2  - Low self-control has emerged as a ubiquitous predictor of a range of behaviors and life outcomes, including criminal and analogous behaviors. Evidence linking self-control to criminal conduct, moreover, has also emerged from several cross-cultural studies. While important, cross-cultural studies remain limited in number and in scope. Extending empirical investigations into the effects of self-control cross-culturally, we present findings from data collected from Saudi Arabian high school youth. Low self-control was a substantive predictor of self-reported delinquency, violent behavior (VB), victimization, and delinquent peer associations for males and females. The effects of low self-control were found to be substantive, general, and invariant across sex within a culture that practices sex segregation and one that embraces harsh punishments for violent conduct.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1541-2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204015616663
ID  - ref1
ER  -