Scholarly Journal Article Review

Scholarly Journal Article Review

 

Scholarly Journal Article Review

cholarly Journal Article Review

For this Assignment you will explore the empirically-based scholarly journal article found under Unit 2 Web Resources below. You will need to carefully examine the article to see what and how criminological theories are being explored using both qualitative and quantitative methods. In 2–4 pages, respond to the following questions:

  1. Identify what criminological theories are being examined.
  2. Discuss what type of behavior(s) is being explored.
  3. Discuss what qualitative and quantitative research methods are being used.
  4. Discuss at least two (2) major findings from this study.

Follow APA guidelines and create headers for each discussion.

Read the article from the Journal Of Research In Crime & Delinquency.

Nivette, A., Eisner, M., & Ribeaud, D. (2017). Developmental predictors of violent extremist attitudes: A test of general strain theoryJournal Of Research In Crime & Delinquency, 54(6), 755–790.

Answer preview

The article seeks to evaluate attitudes of violent extremism, mainly using the provisions of the General strain theory.  In this case, date from the waves of Social development for children and youth (z-proso) in combination with that from the Zurich project are used to carry out the research work. Well informed techniques are used to help in the achievement of attitudes on violent extremism. Other conditional effects were used to reinforce the research case. From the article, it is identified that collective strain lacks a direct link to attitudes of violent extremism upon having control of other variables. Conditions of collective economic and social strife trigger the occurrence of extreme violent pathways, especially for those who are exposed to breaking the rules.

Criminological theories

The article puts its focus on the General Strain Theory.  The theory explains that strains may increase the likelihood of crime. In particular, strains that have a high magnitude look unjust and have an association with low levels of esteem (Nivette et al., 2017).  Consequently, the moral and legal neutralization of violence theorem is applied. This puts a combination of various claims such as that by the ethical disengagement theory.  This theory explains …
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