TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived sanction threats, gender, and crime
T2 - A test and elaboration of power-control theory
AU - Blackwell, Brenda Sims
N1 - I am very grateful to Christine Sellers, John Cochran, and Mark Reed for their thoughtful comments and guidance throughout the writing of this paper, and I thank Wayne Osgood for his methodological advice. In addition, the comments of the anonymous reviewers contributed greatly to the finished product.
PY - 2000/5
Y1 - 2000/5
N2 - This research addresses the need to incorporate the perceived threats of informal sanctions, specifically, shame and embarrassment, into the power-control model. First, the possibility that gender differences exist in the perceived threats of shame and embarrassment, as well as legal sanctions, and that these differences vary between more patriarchal and less patriarachal households of origin is explored. Second, the relative impact of the informal sanction threat variables compared with the formal legal sanctions is ascertained. Results indicate that significant gender differences exist in the perceived threats of embarrassment and formal sanctions, and that these differences vary by household of origin type. In addition, among those individuals reared in more patriarachal households, the perceived threat of shame accounts for a significant proportion of the gender-crime relationship.
AB - This research addresses the need to incorporate the perceived threats of informal sanctions, specifically, shame and embarrassment, into the power-control model. First, the possibility that gender differences exist in the perceived threats of shame and embarrassment, as well as legal sanctions, and that these differences vary between more patriarchal and less patriarachal households of origin is explored. Second, the relative impact of the informal sanction threat variables compared with the formal legal sanctions is ascertained. Results indicate that significant gender differences exist in the perceived threats of embarrassment and formal sanctions, and that these differences vary by household of origin type. In addition, among those individuals reared in more patriarachal households, the perceived threat of shame accounts for a significant proportion of the gender-crime relationship.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2000.tb00896.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2000.tb00896.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0011-1384
VL - 38
SP - 439
EP - 488
JO - Criminology
JF - Criminology
IS - 2
ER -
