Gunda Woessner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4199478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gunda Woessner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gunda |
| FAMILY NAME | Woessner |
| SIGNATURE | WOESSNER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Explanatory Power of the General Theory of Crime
The purpose of this study was to investigate—via direct comparison—the fundamental supposition that the general theory of crime should be valid for both criminal and analogous behavior in both an offender and a general population sample. The core constructs of the theory, namely the influence of parenting style on self-control and the relationship with different manifestations of deviance, were analyzed by comparing a sample of incarcerated sexua…
The Extent of Family Violence in Europe
This article reviews current victim studies on family violence in Europe and attempts to interpret the variation in the prevalence rates. Methodological shortcomings contribute in part to different rates across countries. The prevalence rates are also linked to preventive and causative factors. Three factors appear to explain the differing prevalence rates in European countries: deprived economic living conditions, traditional attitudes toward wo…
The Extent of Family Violence in Europe
This article reviews current victim studies on family violence in Europe and attempts to interpret the variation in the prevalence rates. Methodological shortcomings contribute in part to different rates across countries. The prevalence rates are also linked to preventive and causative factors. Three factors appear to explain the differing prevalence rates in European countries: deprived economic living conditions, traditional attitudes toward wo…
The Extent of Family Violence in Europe
This article reviews current victim studies on family violence in Europe and attempts to interpret the variation in the prevalence rates. Methodological shortcomings contribute in part to different rates across countries. The prevalence rates are also linked to preventive and causative factors. Three factors appear to explain the differing prevalence rates in European countries: deprived economic living conditions, traditional attitudes toward wo…
The Explanatory Power of the General Theory of Crime
The purpose of this study was to investigate—via direct comparison—the fundamental supposition that the general theory of crime should be valid for both criminal and analogous behavior in both an offender and a general population sample. The core constructs of the theory, namely the influence of parenting style on self-control and the relationship with different manifestations of deviance, were analyzed by comparing a sample of incarcerated sexua…
Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (1 work) · Coping (psychology (1 work) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 work) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 work) · Criminology (1 work) · Deviance (statistics (1 work)