The Costs of Coercive Control: Assessing Behavioral and Mental Health Correlates of Erratic and Oppressive Coercion
| Autor: | Jonathan R. Brauer, Charles R. Tittle, Olena Antonaccio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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050901 criminology
05 social sciences Control (management) social sciences Coercion Criminal behavior behavioral disciplines and activities Mental health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Consistency (negotiation) Prosocial behavior behavior and behavior mechanisms 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Psychology Law Social psychology health care economics and organizations Depressive symptoms 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Justice Quarterly. 36:255-286 |
| ISSN: | 1745-9109 0741-8825 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07418825.2017.1403643 |
| Popis: | Some theorists argue that coercion’s consequences depend upon the consistency with which it is experienced. This study measures the consistency of coercive experiences across social domains and lifespan stages then tests hypotheses linking coercion’s consistency to crime, prosocial behaviors, and depressive symptoms using data from randomly selected respondents in Ukraine and Bangladesh. Descriptive analyses test theoretical claims that erratic coercion generates crime while oppressive coercion deters crime, but at the cost of suppressing prosocial behaviors and exacerbating depressive symptoms. Findings show positive associations between projected criminal behavior and coercion’s magnitude, and between relative erratic but not absolute erratic coercion and projected criminal behavior. Oppressive coercion is linked to more depressive symptoms and, contradicting theoretical expectations, higher levels of criminal intent. Overall, this study’s findings challenge widespread reliance on coercive controls to i... |
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