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Title

  • Main Title Explaining “Everyday Crime”: A Test of Anomie and Relative Deprivation Theory

Creator

  • Author: Itashiki, Michael Robert
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Yeatts, Dale E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Molina, David J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor
  • Committee Member: Yancey, George A., 1962-
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Moore, Ami R.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 2011-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Every day, individuals commit acts which are considered immoral, unethical, even criminal, often to gain material advantage. Many people consider cheating on taxes, cheating on tests, claiming false benefits, or avoiding transport fare to be wrong, but they do them anyway. While some of these acts may not be formally illegal, they are, at best, considered morally dubious and is labeled “everyday crime.” Anomie theory holds that individuals make decisions based on socialized values, which separately may be contradictory but together, balances each other out, producing behavior considered “normal” by society. When one holds an imbalanced set of values, decisions made on that set may produce deviant behavior, such as everyday crime. RD theory holds that individuals who perceive their own deprivation, relative to someone else, will feel frustration and injustice, and may attempt to ameliorate that feeling with deviant behavior. Data from the 2006 World Values Survey were analyzed using logistic regression, testing both constructs concurrently. An individual was 1.55 times more likely to justify everyday crime for each calculated unit of anomie; and 1.10 times more likely for each calculated unit of RD. It was concluded from this study that anomie and relative deprivation were both associated with the tendency towards everyday crime.

Subject

  • Keyword: Everyday crime
  • Keyword: relative deprivation
  • Keyword: anomie
  • Keyword: logistic regression
  • Keyword: World Values Survey

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Itashiki, Michael Robert
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 812843644
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc103334

Degree

  • Academic Department: Department of Sociology
  • Degree Discipline: Sociology
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Publication Type: disse
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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