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Crime Propensity, Criminogenic Exposure and Crime Involvement in Early to Mid Adolescence

This paper explores the impact of crime propensity and criminogenic exposure on individual crime involvement during early to mid adolescence. The analysis is guided by the theoretical framework of the Situational Action Theory (SAT) and the data used is taken from the ESRC financed Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+). Crime propensity is measured as a composite construct of morality and capability to exercise self-control and criminogenic exposure is measured as a composite construct of peer delinquency and time spent with peers in risky places. SAT predicts that a person’s crime involvement is dependent on his or her propensity and exposure (and their interaction), and that changes in a person’s crime involvement are dependent on changes in his or her propensity and/or exposure. The findings of this study support these two hypotheses.