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dc.contributor.authorOlson, Jeremy A
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Randy L
dc.contributor.authorConnell, Nadine
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-27T02:37:24Z
dc.date.available2020-11-27T02:37:24Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1068-316X
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1068316X.2020.1849692
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/399725
dc.description.abstractThis study tests the hypothesis that higher perceptions of satisfaction with life (SWL) are related to lower engagement in crime and deviance. The results can inform prevention, intervention, and policy efforts based on deterrence, general strain, and restorative justice within the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Using a sample of students at two Pennsylvania universities, data were collected using a paper-based, self-reported survey that included measures for their perceptions of SWL, feelings of strain, and engagement in past acts of deviance and crime. Data analysis included independent samples T-tests and logistic regression estimates. Results of the t-tests supported the hypothesis for nine of 16 acts of deviance/crime. Logistic regression models supported the hypothesis, with SWL having significant associations alone, and with SWL eliminating the relationship to strain alone when SWL covaried with strain. Based on these results, the study offers recommendations to further test the satisfaction with life-crime link, to incorporate SWL interventions into the criminal justice system, and to study SWL interventions for evidence of success.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychology, Crime and Law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and prevention of crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminological theories
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleSatisfaction with life and crime: Testing the link
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOlson, JA; Martin, RL; Connell, N, Satisfaction with life and crime: Testing the link, Psychology, Crime and Law, 2020
dc.date.updated2020-11-27T02:35:52Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorConnell, Nadine M.


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