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dc.contributor.authorBrezina, T
dc.contributor.authorPiquero, AR
dc.contributor.authorMazerolle, P
dc.contributor.editorClayton Hartjen
dc.date.accessioned2006-07-28
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-11T01:14:32Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T23:53:32Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T23:53:32Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.date.modified2014-06-11T01:14:32Z
dc.identifier.issn0022-4278
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0022427801038004002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/59988
dc.description.abstractVariation in criminal/delinquent behavior across communities, schools, and other social units is usually explained in terms of social disorganization and subcultural values. Agnew's macro-level strain theory (MST), however, provides an additional explanation. MST contends that macro-level differences in crime and deviance can also be explained in terms of aggregate levels of anger and frustration. Following Agnew's recommendations, the authors conduct an initial school-level test of MST using data on aggressive student behavior from a national sample of public high schools. The results of the assessment lend partial support to the theory, showing that student-to-student conflict is partly a function of the level of anger in the student population. Other forms of aggressive student behavior, however, are not likewise affected. Nonetheless, the authors believe the findings are sufficiently promising to warrant further examination of MST, and they offer some suggestions in this regard.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage/National Council on Crime and Delinquency
dc.publisher.placeCalifornia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom362
dc.relation.ispartofpageto386
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.titleStudent anger and aggressive behavior at school: An initial test of Agnew’s Macro-Level Strain Theory.
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codec1x
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMazerolle, Paul J.
gro.griffith.authorPiquero, Alex R.


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