The Effects of Life Domains on Cyberbullying and Bullying: Testing the Generalizability of Agnew’s Integrated General Theory

In 2005, Robert Agnew published his book Why Criminals Offend in which he synthesized an array of theoretical predictors of crime and delinquency into a parsimonious integrated general theory. He argued that delinquency is influenced by mechanisms found in five distinct life domains: self, family, p...

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Published inCrime and delinquency Vol. 65; no. 6; pp. 772 - 800
Main Authors Choi, Jaeyong, Kruis, Nathan E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2019
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Bullying
Crime
Criminology
Cyberbullying
Generalizability
Juvenile delinquency
Offenders
Theory
South Korea
cyberbullying
life domains
Agnew’s integrated theory
bullying
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Summary:In 2005, Robert Agnew published his book Why Criminals Offend in which he synthesized an array of theoretical predictors of crime and delinquency into a parsimonious integrated general theory. He argued that delinquency is influenced by mechanisms found in five distinct life domains: self, family, peer, school, and work. Using longitudinal data from South Korea, the current research tested the generalizability of Agnew’s theory by applying it to bullying and cyberbullying. Results from a negative binomial regression model provided mixed support for Agnew’s theory as a general theory of crime. The significant effects of life domains were found to differ across types of bullying.
ISSN:0011-1287
1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128718814860