"I Suck at Everything" : Crime, Arrest, and the Generality of Failure

In this paper we advance the idea that getting arrested amounts to "failing at crime." And akin to the notion of the generality of deviance-where those who engage in any given form of criminal behavior are also likely to engage in a wide array of other problematic behaviors-we examine whether failing at crime (getting arrested) is associated with other forms of life failure. Using data from multiple waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, our results reveal that, independent of one's level of self-reported criminal behavior and other key potential confounders (IQ and self-control), being arrested is a significant predictor of a host of life failures related to education, employment, relationships, and health. The key implication of our study is that it highlights the need to develop a theory of the "generality of failure.".

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Deviant behavior - 37(2016), 8 vom: 14., Seite 837-851

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pratt, Travis C [VerfasserIn]
Barnes, J C [VerfasserIn]
Cullen, Francis T [VerfasserIn]
Turanovic, Jillian J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arrest
Crime
Generality of deviance
Journal Article
Life failure

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Date Revised 31.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/01639625.2016.1147809

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM303522690