Abstract
This study aims to examine the factors that channel boys and girls toward committing illegal activity. The measures examined include social control factors (belief, commitment, attachment, and involvement) and ideological religious worldviews. The study examines 262 Israeli adolescents who have taken part in illegal and legal activities during the resistance to the Gaza evacuation. Findings suggest that illegal activity levels are greater among boys than girls, whereas ideological obligation and commitment are greater among girls than boys. Involvement with friends positively predicts ideological obligation among boys, which in turn is related to increased likelihood of illegal activity. Among girls, lower commitment and lower belief as well as greater ideological obligation are predictive of illegal activity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 326-343 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2011 |
Keywords
- Gaza disengagement
- gender differences
- ideological delinquency
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Applied Psychology