Heinz Leitgöb
Biographic Data
| ID | 267262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heinz Leitgöb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heinz |
| FAMILY NAME | Leitgöb |
| SIGNATURE | LEITGÖB H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1534-3834 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Explanatory and Causal Methodology in Sociology: Developments and Current Issues
Explanation and causality are fundamental concerns for sociology as a problem- and theory-guided empirical discipline. This introduction distinguishes explanation and causality analytically while showing how they are intertwined in research oriented toward causal explanation. We first revisit the historically most influential conception of explanation, the covering-law model, and use it to identify continuing challenges specific to sociological e…
Causal Inferences from Digital Behavioral Data: Methodological Implications
In recent years, digital behavioral data (DBD) have emerged as a powerful resource in social science research. Their ubiquity, granularity, complexity, and continuous collection provide new opportunities for examining social processes in great detail. However, because DBD are diverse in type and often constitute found data—not generated for research purposes—their potential for causal analysis is commonly underestimated. To address this issue, th…
Conceptualizing, Assessing, and Improving the Quality of Digital Behavioral Data
The spread of modern digital technologies, such as social media online platforms, digital marketplaces, smartphones, and wearables, is increasingly shifting social, political, economic, cultural, and physiological processes into the digital space. Social actors using these technologies (directly and indirectly) leave a multitude of digital traces in many areas of life that sum up an enormous amount of data about human behavior and attitudes. This…
Strafschnelligkeit – die in der empirischen Forschung vernachlässigte Dimension der negativen Generalprävention Bisherige Evidenzen und neue Befunde
Die Zeitspanne zwischen der Ausführung einer rechtswidrigen Handlung und ihrer Bestrafung markiert ein in der empirischen Abschreckungsforschung stark vernachlässigtes Thema. Während die Konsequenzen der Strafwahrscheinlichkeit und Strafhärte vielfach untersucht wurden, gibt es zur generalpräventiven Bedeutsamkeit der Strafschnelligkeit kaum Befunde. Die vorliegende Arbeit will diesem Ungleichgewicht entgegentreten. Dazu werden im Anschluss an ei…
Deterrence Perceptions, Self-Control Ability and the Moral Filter: Conceptualizing and Testing a Model of a Subsidiary Relevance of Deterrence
The idea of differential deterrence suggests that deterrent effects vary across individuals and settings. However, the pertinent research is poorly integrated and lacks a coherent theoretical conceptualization. This is why the present article seeks to (a) reconcile the empirical findings obtained for the most frequently investigated moderators of the magnitude of the deterrent effect, (b) introduce a novel model of a subsidiary relevance of deter…
Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives
Do Morality and Self-Control Protect from Criminogenic Peer Influence? Testing Multidimensional Person–Environment Interactions
The present study examines whether the effect of involvement with delinquent friends on young peoples criminal activity is contingent on adolescents personal morality and their capacity for self-control and how these enduring properties work together in determining youths vulnerability to peer influence. The corresponding personenvironment interactions are tested based on a longitudinal student survey from Austria. Findings reveal conditional pee…
Sprayen im Zeichen niedriger Selbstkontrolle. Eine Anwendung der General Theory of Crime auf das Sprühen von Graffitis
Gottfredson und Hirschis „General Theory of Crime" postuliert, dass niedrige Selbstkontrolle die Hauptursache kriminellen Handelns darstellt. Selbstkontrolle bezeichnet dabei die einigermaßen stabile Fähigkeit eines Individuums, zeitlich verzögerte Konsequenzen des eigenen Handelns vorhersehen und bei der Entscheidungsfindung miteinbeziehen zu können. Ob dieses Personenmerkmal auch das Sprayen von Graffitis erklären kann, bedarf noch einer empiri…
The new means-tested minimum income in Austria: Discretion and regulation in practice
In 2010, the new means-tested minimum income was implemented by all Austrian provinces. The policy sought to replace the provincial standard benefit rates with a national minimum income threshold and for the job centres to serve as an accessible entry point for claimants. Using qualitative and quantitative data from a study conducted between 2010 and 2012, this paper analyses the implementation of the policy in two provinces, Styria and Upper Aus…
Assessing mode effects in online and telephone victimization surveys
Victimization surveys not only represent a vital data source for estimating the amount of crime within a social entity but also provide victimological researchers with valuable information, e.g. about the social distribution and consequences of victimization experiences. To assure adequate interpretation of victimization survey data, knowledge about the data-generating process in general and the measurement of victimization experiences in particu…
Ursachen der geschlechtsspezifischen Benachteiligung von Jungen im österreichischen Schulsystem
Im Zuge der pädagogischen Praxis wird der „Benachteiligung“ von Jungen in Österreich zunehmend mehr Beachtung geschenkt. Dieser Umstand offenbart sich beispielsweise in äußerst gut besuchten Veranstaltungen zu diesem Thema.2 Zudem wird in der Medienberichterstattung wiederholt auf die Thematik Bezug genommen3, allerdings mit einer deutlich geringeren Intensität als auf andere bildungspolitische Themen, wie z.B. die Gesamtschule, die Gleichheit vo…
Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives
Causal Inferences from Digital Behavioral Data: Methodological Implications
In recent years, digital behavioral data (DBD) have emerged as a powerful resource in social science research. Their ubiquity, granularity, complexity, and continuous collection provide new opportunities for examining social processes in great detail. However, because DBD are diverse in type and often constitute found data—not generated for research purposes—their potential for causal analysis is commonly underestimated. To address this issue, th…
Conceptualizing, Assessing, and Improving the Quality of Digital Behavioral Data
The spread of modern digital technologies, such as social media online platforms, digital marketplaces, smartphones, and wearables, is increasingly shifting social, political, economic, cultural, and physiological processes into the digital space. Social actors using these technologies (directly and indirectly) leave a multitude of digital traces in many areas of life that sum up an enormous amount of data about human behavior and attitudes. This…
Deterrence Perceptions, Self-Control Ability and the Moral Filter: Conceptualizing and Testing a Model of a Subsidiary Relevance of Deterrence
The idea of differential deterrence suggests that deterrent effects vary across individuals and settings. However, the pertinent research is poorly integrated and lacks a coherent theoretical conceptualization. This is why the present article seeks to (a) reconcile the empirical findings obtained for the most frequently investigated moderators of the magnitude of the deterrent effect, (b) introduce a novel model of a subsidiary relevance of deter…
Assessing mode effects in online and telephone victimization surveys
Victimization surveys not only represent a vital data source for estimating the amount of crime within a social entity but also provide victimological researchers with valuable information, e.g. about the social distribution and consequences of victimization experiences. To assure adequate interpretation of victimization survey data, knowledge about the data-generating process in general and the measurement of victimization experiences in particu…
Ursachen der geschlechtsspezifischen Benachteiligung von Jungen im österreichischen Schulsystem
Im Zuge der pädagogischen Praxis wird der „Benachteiligung“ von Jungen in Österreich zunehmend mehr Beachtung geschenkt. Dieser Umstand offenbart sich beispielsweise in äußerst gut besuchten Veranstaltungen zu diesem Thema.2 Zudem wird in der Medienberichterstattung wiederholt auf die Thematik Bezug genommen3, allerdings mit einer deutlich geringeren Intensität als auf andere bildungspolitische Themen, wie z.B. die Gesamtschule, die Gleichheit vo…
Assessing mode effects in online and telephone victimization surveys
Victimization surveys not only represent a vital data source for estimating the amount of crime within a social entity but also provide victimological researchers with valuable information, e.g. about the social distribution and consequences of victimization experiences. To assure adequate interpretation of victimization survey data, knowledge about the data-generating process in general and the measurement of victimization experiences in particu…
The new means-tested minimum income in Austria: Discretion and regulation in practice
In 2010, the new means-tested minimum income was implemented by all Austrian provinces. The policy sought to replace the provincial standard benefit rates with a national minimum income threshold and for the job centres to serve as an accessible entry point for claimants. Using qualitative and quantitative data from a study conducted between 2010 and 2012, this paper analyses the implementation of the policy in two provinces, Styria and Upper Aus…
Do Morality and Self-Control Protect from Criminogenic Peer Influence? Testing Multidimensional Person–Environment Interactions
The present study examines whether the effect of involvement with delinquent friends on young peoples criminal activity is contingent on adolescents personal morality and their capacity for self-control and how these enduring properties work together in determining youths vulnerability to peer influence. The corresponding personenvironment interactions are tested based on a longitudinal student survey from Austria. Findings reveal conditional pee…
Sprayen im Zeichen niedriger Selbstkontrolle. Eine Anwendung der General Theory of Crime auf das Sprühen von Graffitis
Gottfredson und Hirschis „General Theory of Crime" postuliert, dass niedrige Selbstkontrolle die Hauptursache kriminellen Handelns darstellt. Selbstkontrolle bezeichnet dabei die einigermaßen stabile Fähigkeit eines Individuums, zeitlich verzögerte Konsequenzen des eigenen Handelns vorhersehen und bei der Entscheidungsfindung miteinbeziehen zu können. Ob dieses Personenmerkmal auch das Sprayen von Graffitis erklären kann, bedarf noch einer empiri…
Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives
Strafschnelligkeit – die in der empirischen Forschung vernachlässigte Dimension der negativen Generalprävention Bisherige Evidenzen und neue Befunde
Die Zeitspanne zwischen der Ausführung einer rechtswidrigen Handlung und ihrer Bestrafung markiert ein in der empirischen Abschreckungsforschung stark vernachlässigtes Thema. Während die Konsequenzen der Strafwahrscheinlichkeit und Strafhärte vielfach untersucht wurden, gibt es zur generalpräventiven Bedeutsamkeit der Strafschnelligkeit kaum Befunde. Die vorliegende Arbeit will diesem Ungleichgewicht entgegentreten. Dazu werden im Anschluss an ei…
Deterrence Perceptions, Self-Control Ability and the Moral Filter: Conceptualizing and Testing a Model of a Subsidiary Relevance of Deterrence
The idea of differential deterrence suggests that deterrent effects vary across individuals and settings. However, the pertinent research is poorly integrated and lacks a coherent theoretical conceptualization. This is why the present article seeks to (a) reconcile the empirical findings obtained for the most frequently investigated moderators of the magnitude of the deterrent effect, (b) introduce a novel model of a subsidiary relevance of deter…
Conceptualizing, Assessing, and Improving the Quality of Digital Behavioral Data
The spread of modern digital technologies, such as social media online platforms, digital marketplaces, smartphones, and wearables, is increasingly shifting social, political, economic, cultural, and physiological processes into the digital space. Social actors using these technologies (directly and indirectly) leave a multitude of digital traces in many areas of life that sum up an enormous amount of data about human behavior and attitudes. This…
Explanatory and Causal Methodology in Sociology: Developments and Current Issues
Explanation and causality are fundamental concerns for sociology as a problem- and theory-guided empirical discipline. This introduction distinguishes explanation and causality analytically while showing how they are intertwined in research oriented toward causal explanation. We first revisit the historically most influential conception of explanation, the covering-law model, and use it to identify continuing challenges specific to sociological e…
Causal Inferences from Digital Behavioral Data: Methodological Implications
In recent years, digital behavioral data (DBD) have emerged as a powerful resource in social science research. Their ubiquity, granularity, complexity, and continuous collection provide new opportunities for examining social processes in great detail. However, because DBD are diverse in type and often constitute found data—not generated for research purposes—their potential for causal analysis is commonly underestimated. To address this issue, th…
Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Causal model (2 works) · Conceptualization (2 works) · Data collection (2 works)