Christine S Sellers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4198459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine S Sellers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine S |
| FAMILY NAME | Sellers |
| SIGNATURE | SELLERS C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 256 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Low Self-Control, Expected Utility, and Intimate Partner Violence
This study examines the extent if any by which the effect of low selfcontrol on crime is mediated by assessments of the costs and benefits of crime. It examines this idea with self-report survey data on intimate partner violence. The findings reveal that the effect of low self-control is partially mediated by the respondents’ cost considerations but not by their assessments of the anticipated benefits of intimate partner violence. While expected …
Self-Control and Intimate Partner Violence: Does Gender Matter
The present study focuses on the interrelationships among gender, self-control, and intimate partner violence (IPV). The extant bodies of literature suggest that both IPV and low self-control are gendered phenomena. That is, males tend to display lower mean levels of self-control than females, and there are notable differences in IPV between males and females. Since both phenomena are gendered, it is plausible that the relationship between self-c…
Intimate partner violence and the capacity and desire for self-control
According to Tittle, the effect of self-control on one's criminal offending is a product of both an individual's capacity to exercise self-control as well as their desire to do so. The present study utilized self-report data gathered at a large urban university in Florida (n = 1,307) to test both the independent and interactive effects of self-control capacity and self-control desire on intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. The study sugg…
Dating and intimate partner violence among young persons ages 15–30: Evidence from a systematic review
Does Criminal Propensity Moderate the Effects of Social Learning Theory Variables on Intimate Partner Violence
Akers’ Social Learning Theory (SLT) is one of the predominant general theories of criminal behavior; it has been widely tested and is typically supported. Despite being a validated general theory, it is possible there are other factors such as criminal propensity that influence the effects of social learning constructs. This study examines the extent, if any, to which crime-specific operationalizations of SLT exert equivalent effects on a specifi…
Repetitive Intimate Partner Victimization: An Exploratory Application of Social Learning Theory
The research literature on intimate partner violence (IPV) has documented a number of poignant facts that serve as the foundation for this study. First, IPV is prevalent, frequent, and often repetitive. Moreover, repetitive violence within an intimate relationship tends to escalate over time, both in its frequency of occurrence and in its severity. We also know that decisions to leave the relationship do not guarantee that the violence will end. …
The Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory: A Meta‐Analysis
Social learning theory has remained one of the core criminological paradigms over the last four decades. Although a large body of scholarship has emerged testing various propositions specified by the theory, the empirical status of the theory in its entirety is still unknown. Accordingly, in the present study, we subject this body of empirical literature to a meta‐analysis to assess its empirical status. Results reveal considerable variation in t…
Social Learning Theory and Partner Violence: A Research Note
Despite being a well-established area of inquiry, the study of intimate partner violence and aggression is limited by a lack of theoretical development. In this study we show how the key theoretical elements of two of the more prominent explanations for partner violence, intergenerational transmission theory and male peer support theory, are easily subsumed by Akers' social learning theory. We then test the explanatory power and scope of social l…
A Power‐Control Theory of Vulnerability to Crime and Adolescent Role Exits—Revisited
Hagan (1990) a adapté la théorie du pouvoir‐contrôle pour expliquer le rôle joué par la distinction homme‐femme dans la vulnérabilité au crime, mélange de victimisation et d'offense, et la recherche d'une sortie par rôle déviant. Les auteures « revisitent » ces propos et, con‐sidérant la victimisation et l'offense séparément, essaient d'élargir le concept de recherche de sortie, y compris la réalisation d'une sortie par rôle déviant. Les analyses…
Self‐control and Intimate Violence: An Examination of the Scope and Specification of the General Theory of Crime
Ambiguities in Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime have generated doubts about the explanatory scope of the theory and inconsistencies in the specification of models attempting to test it. In particular, the theory has been criticized for its inability to explain intimate violence; however, an empirical test of this criticism cannot be conducted appropriately unless the theoretical model has been adequately specified. This study tes…
Shame, Embarrassment, and Formal Sanction Threats: Extending the Deterrence/Rational Choice Model to Academic Dishonesty
Following the lead of Grasmick and Bursik (1990), we propose that significant others and conscience both function as agents of social control to deter illicit behavior in a manner similar to that provided by the law and more formal, bureaucratic organizations. All three-conscience, significant others, and formal organizations-entail potential threats and costs (i.e., shame, embarrassment, and formal sanctions). Actors consider these potential thr…
Academic dishonesty and low self-control: An empirical test of a general theory of crime
This study uses academic dishonesty as a unique type of fraudulent behavior upon which to test Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime. The study utilizes self‐report data from a survey of undergraduate students enrolled in sociology courses at a large southwestern university. With these data, the authors examine a number of the core theoretical propositions of Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory. That is, we test issues concerning the dim…
Responding to a legislated change in correctional practices: A quasi-experimental study of revocation hearings and parole board actions
Social Learning Theory and Alcohol Behavior Among the Elderly
Research directly testing Akers's social learning theory has been thus far confined to teenage drug, drinking, and smoking behavior. This study extends the application of social learning theory to older adults' alcohol behavior. Data were gathered through face-to-face interviews of 1,410 people sixty years of age or over living in New Jersey and Florida in either retirement (age homogeneous) or age-integrated communities. A social learning model …
Fear of Crime and Victimization Among the Elderly in Different Types of Communities
The central issue examined here is the effect that community setting, relative to other factors, has on victimization and fear of crime among the elderly. Findings are from 1,410 in‐home interviews in two retirement communities (age homogeneous) and two age‐heterogeneous communities. Victimization of elderly is low in all communities, and although nearly half of the respondents have some fear of crime, the percentage reporting great fear of crime…
Adolescents and sex: A structural theory of premarital sex in the United States
This article shows that the rising rate of premarital sex during this century can be accounted for by changes in American social structure. The gap between puberty and marriage has increased, allowing more time for sex to occur. The pervasiveness of sex in the media and at home provides young people with role models who teach about sex. The social antonomy of the young has increased, allowing more opportunity for sex. Medical advances and legal c…
Academic dishonesty and low self-control: An empirical test of a general theory of crime
This study uses academic dishonesty as a unique type of fraudulent behavior upon which to test Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime. The study utilizes self‐report data from a survey of undergraduate students enrolled in sociology courses at a large southwestern university. With these data, the authors examine a number of the core theoretical propositions of Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory. That is, we test issues concerning the dim…
Self‐control and Intimate Violence: An Examination of the Scope and Specification of the General Theory of Crime
Ambiguities in Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime have generated doubts about the explanatory scope of the theory and inconsistencies in the specification of models attempting to test it. In particular, the theory has been criticized for its inability to explain intimate violence; however, an empirical test of this criticism cannot be conducted appropriately unless the theoretical model has been adequately specified. This study tes…
Social Learning Theory and Partner Violence: A Research Note
Despite being a well-established area of inquiry, the study of intimate partner violence and aggression is limited by a lack of theoretical development. In this study we show how the key theoretical elements of two of the more prominent explanations for partner violence, intergenerational transmission theory and male peer support theory, are easily subsumed by Akers' social learning theory. We then test the explanatory power and scope of social l…
Fear of Crime and Victimization Among the Elderly in Different Types of Communities
The central issue examined here is the effect that community setting, relative to other factors, has on victimization and fear of crime among the elderly. Findings are from 1,410 in‐home interviews in two retirement communities (age homogeneous) and two age‐heterogeneous communities. Victimization of elderly is low in all communities, and although nearly half of the respondents have some fear of crime, the percentage reporting great fear of crime…
Repetitive Intimate Partner Victimization: An Exploratory Application of Social Learning Theory
The research literature on intimate partner violence (IPV) has documented a number of poignant facts that serve as the foundation for this study. First, IPV is prevalent, frequent, and often repetitive. Moreover, repetitive violence within an intimate relationship tends to escalate over time, both in its frequency of occurrence and in its severity. We also know that decisions to leave the relationship do not guarantee that the violence will end. …
Social Learning Theory and Alcohol Behavior Among the Elderly
Research directly testing Akers's social learning theory has been thus far confined to teenage drug, drinking, and smoking behavior. This study extends the application of social learning theory to older adults' alcohol behavior. Data were gathered through face-to-face interviews of 1,410 people sixty years of age or over living in New Jersey and Florida in either retirement (age homogeneous) or age-integrated communities. A social learning model …
Shame, Embarrassment, and Formal Sanction Threats: Extending the Deterrence/Rational Choice Model to Academic Dishonesty
Following the lead of Grasmick and Bursik (1990), we propose that significant others and conscience both function as agents of social control to deter illicit behavior in a manner similar to that provided by the law and more formal, bureaucratic organizations. All three-conscience, significant others, and formal organizations-entail potential threats and costs (i.e., shame, embarrassment, and formal sanctions). Actors consider these potential thr…
Does Criminal Propensity Moderate the Effects of Social Learning Theory Variables on Intimate Partner Violence
Akers’ Social Learning Theory (SLT) is one of the predominant general theories of criminal behavior; it has been widely tested and is typically supported. Despite being a validated general theory, it is possible there are other factors such as criminal propensity that influence the effects of social learning constructs. This study examines the extent, if any, to which crime-specific operationalizations of SLT exert equivalent effects on a specifi…
Responding to a legislated change in correctional practices: A quasi-experimental study of revocation hearings and parole board actions
Adolescents and sex: A structural theory of premarital sex in the United States
This article shows that the rising rate of premarital sex during this century can be accounted for by changes in American social structure. The gap between puberty and marriage has increased, allowing more time for sex to occur. The pervasiveness of sex in the media and at home provides young people with role models who teach about sex. The social antonomy of the young has increased, allowing more opportunity for sex. Medical advances and legal c…
A Power‐Control Theory of Vulnerability to Crime and Adolescent Role Exits—Revisited
Hagan (1990) a adapté la théorie du pouvoir‐contrôle pour expliquer le rôle joué par la distinction homme‐femme dans la vulnérabilité au crime, mélange de victimisation et d'offense, et la recherche d'une sortie par rôle déviant. Les auteures « revisitent » ces propos et, con‐sidérant la victimisation et l'offense séparément, essaient d'élargir le concept de recherche de sortie, y compris la réalisation d'une sortie par rôle déviant. Les analyses…
Self-Control and Intimate Partner Violence: Does Gender Matter
The present study focuses on the interrelationships among gender, self-control, and intimate partner violence (IPV). The extant bodies of literature suggest that both IPV and low self-control are gendered phenomena. That is, males tend to display lower mean levels of self-control than females, and there are notable differences in IPV between males and females. Since both phenomena are gendered, it is plausible that the relationship between self-c…
Intimate partner violence and the capacity and desire for self-control
According to Tittle, the effect of self-control on one's criminal offending is a product of both an individual's capacity to exercise self-control as well as their desire to do so. The present study utilized self-report data gathered at a large urban university in Florida (n = 1,307) to test both the independent and interactive effects of self-control capacity and self-control desire on intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. The study sugg…
Adolescents and sex: A structural theory of premarital sex in the United States
This article shows that the rising rate of premarital sex during this century can be accounted for by changes in American social structure. The gap between puberty and marriage has increased, allowing more time for sex to occur. The pervasiveness of sex in the media and at home provides young people with role models who teach about sex. The social antonomy of the young has increased, allowing more opportunity for sex. Medical advances and legal c…
Fear of Crime and Victimization Among the Elderly in Different Types of Communities
The central issue examined here is the effect that community setting, relative to other factors, has on victimization and fear of crime among the elderly. Findings are from 1,410 in‐home interviews in two retirement communities (age homogeneous) and two age‐heterogeneous communities. Victimization of elderly is low in all communities, and although nearly half of the respondents have some fear of crime, the percentage reporting great fear of crime…
Social Learning Theory and Alcohol Behavior Among the Elderly
Research directly testing Akers's social learning theory has been thus far confined to teenage drug, drinking, and smoking behavior. This study extends the application of social learning theory to older adults' alcohol behavior. Data were gathered through face-to-face interviews of 1,410 people sixty years of age or over living in New Jersey and Florida in either retirement (age homogeneous) or age-integrated communities. A social learning model …
Responding to a legislated change in correctional practices: A quasi-experimental study of revocation hearings and parole board actions
Academic dishonesty and low self-control: An empirical test of a general theory of crime
This study uses academic dishonesty as a unique type of fraudulent behavior upon which to test Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime. The study utilizes self‐report data from a survey of undergraduate students enrolled in sociology courses at a large southwestern university. With these data, the authors examine a number of the core theoretical propositions of Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory. That is, we test issues concerning the dim…
Self‐control and Intimate Violence: An Examination of the Scope and Specification of the General Theory of Crime
Ambiguities in Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime have generated doubts about the explanatory scope of the theory and inconsistencies in the specification of models attempting to test it. In particular, the theory has been criticized for its inability to explain intimate violence; however, an empirical test of this criticism cannot be conducted appropriately unless the theoretical model has been adequately specified. This study tes…
Shame, Embarrassment, and Formal Sanction Threats: Extending the Deterrence/Rational Choice Model to Academic Dishonesty
Following the lead of Grasmick and Bursik (1990), we propose that significant others and conscience both function as agents of social control to deter illicit behavior in a manner similar to that provided by the law and more formal, bureaucratic organizations. All three-conscience, significant others, and formal organizations-entail potential threats and costs (i.e., shame, embarrassment, and formal sanctions). Actors consider these potential thr…
A Power‐Control Theory of Vulnerability to Crime and Adolescent Role Exits—Revisited
Hagan (1990) a adapté la théorie du pouvoir‐contrôle pour expliquer le rôle joué par la distinction homme‐femme dans la vulnérabilité au crime, mélange de victimisation et d'offense, et la recherche d'une sortie par rôle déviant. Les auteures « revisitent » ces propos et, con‐sidérant la victimisation et l'offense séparément, essaient d'élargir le concept de recherche de sortie, y compris la réalisation d'une sortie par rôle déviant. Les analyses…
Social Learning Theory and Partner Violence: A Research Note
Despite being a well-established area of inquiry, the study of intimate partner violence and aggression is limited by a lack of theoretical development. In this study we show how the key theoretical elements of two of the more prominent explanations for partner violence, intergenerational transmission theory and male peer support theory, are easily subsumed by Akers' social learning theory. We then test the explanatory power and scope of social l…
The Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory: A Meta‐Analysis
Social learning theory has remained one of the core criminological paradigms over the last four decades. Although a large body of scholarship has emerged testing various propositions specified by the theory, the empirical status of the theory in its entirety is still unknown. Accordingly, in the present study, we subject this body of empirical literature to a meta‐analysis to assess its empirical status. Results reveal considerable variation in t…
Repetitive Intimate Partner Victimization: An Exploratory Application of Social Learning Theory
The research literature on intimate partner violence (IPV) has documented a number of poignant facts that serve as the foundation for this study. First, IPV is prevalent, frequent, and often repetitive. Moreover, repetitive violence within an intimate relationship tends to escalate over time, both in its frequency of occurrence and in its severity. We also know that decisions to leave the relationship do not guarantee that the violence will end. …
Does Criminal Propensity Moderate the Effects of Social Learning Theory Variables on Intimate Partner Violence
Akers’ Social Learning Theory (SLT) is one of the predominant general theories of criminal behavior; it has been widely tested and is typically supported. Despite being a validated general theory, it is possible there are other factors such as criminal propensity that influence the effects of social learning constructs. This study examines the extent, if any, to which crime-specific operationalizations of SLT exert equivalent effects on a specifi…
Dating and intimate partner violence among young persons ages 15–30: Evidence from a systematic review
Intimate partner violence and the capacity and desire for self-control
According to Tittle, the effect of self-control on one's criminal offending is a product of both an individual's capacity to exercise self-control as well as their desire to do so. The present study utilized self-report data gathered at a large urban university in Florida (n = 1,307) to test both the independent and interactive effects of self-control capacity and self-control desire on intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. The study sugg…
Self-Control and Intimate Partner Violence: Does Gender Matter
The present study focuses on the interrelationships among gender, self-control, and intimate partner violence (IPV). The extant bodies of literature suggest that both IPV and low self-control are gendered phenomena. That is, males tend to display lower mean levels of self-control than females, and there are notable differences in IPV between males and females. Since both phenomena are gendered, it is plausible that the relationship between self-c…
Low Self-Control, Expected Utility, and Intimate Partner Violence
This study examines the extent if any by which the effect of low selfcontrol on crime is mediated by assessments of the costs and benefits of crime. It examines this idea with self-report survey data on intimate partner violence. The findings reveal that the effect of low self-control is partially mediated by the respondents’ cost considerations but not by their assessments of the anticipated benefits of intimate partner violence. While expected …
Psychology (15 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (14 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Criminology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Poison control (6 works)