TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent male offenders
T2 - A grounded theory study of cognition, emotion, and delinquent crime contexts
AU - Lopez, Vera
AU - Emmer, Edmund T.
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - Perspectives of adolescent offenders were examined, especially how they define, interpret, and in some cases justify their delinquent behaviors. Grounded theory methodology was used to examine the cognitive, affective, moral, sociocultural, and situational components that influence how and why adolescents commit crimes. A total of 24 adolescent males were interviewed. A theory of delinquent crime contexts emerged. This article focuses on three of these crime contexts: the emotion-driven violent assault, the belief-driven violent assault, and the mixed-motive mixed-crime contexts.
AB - Perspectives of adolescent offenders were examined, especially how they define, interpret, and in some cases justify their delinquent behaviors. Grounded theory methodology was used to examine the cognitive, affective, moral, sociocultural, and situational components that influence how and why adolescents commit crimes. A total of 24 adolescent males were interviewed. A theory of delinquent crime contexts emerged. This article focuses on three of these crime contexts: the emotion-driven violent assault, the belief-driven violent assault, and the mixed-motive mixed-crime contexts.
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U2 - 10.1177/0093854800027003002
DO - 10.1177/0093854800027003002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:23044520887
SN - 0093-8548
VL - 27
SP - 292
EP - 311
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
IS - 3
ER -