The role of workplace offending in the relationship between work and crime: Testing the traditional, displacement, emboldenment and continuity hypotheses

Jaynes, Chae M.; Escue, Melanie; Santos, Mateus Rennó

doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102722

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“…Wright and Cullen (2000) examine workplace crime among a sample of high school students and find that workplace crime was related to deviant co-workers, which is amplified by criminal propensity. Jaynes et al (2022) look at the direction and magnitude of the relationship between workplace crime and street crime and find a moderate and positive relationship between workplace crime and street crime, which is moderated by job quality. Still, the relative dearth of research on workplace crime and the general tendency to consider it in isolation from more common forms of offending raise several questions about the unique anatomy of workplace deviance, its overlap with street crime, and whether the factors related to crime in the workplace are similar to those of street offending.…”

Section: Workplace Crime and The Generality Of Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Contextual Generality of Crime: Workplace and Street Crime

Nguyen

McNealey

Thomas

2023

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Objectives: We examine whether individuals engage in crime across a variety of different settings (contextual generality). Specifically, we assess whether individuals who engage in workplace crime will engage in street crime and whether certain individuals have a greater tendency to engage in workplace crime relative to street crime. We are guided by trait-based theories, learning theories, and strain theories to guide our expectations related to the contextual generality of criminal behavior. Methods: We analyze data from the National Youth Survey and conduct multinomial logistic regressions, item response theory, and ordinary least squares regressions. We supplement this with the Youth Development Survey and the Pathways to Desistance Study. Results: There is a small overlap between workplace crime and street crime. Participation in each context is related to context-specific perceived coworker/peer disapproval and deviant workplace definitions. There is a tendency for some respondents to specialize in workplace crime relative to street crime. Conclusions: Contextual generality in criminal behavior is a fruitful avenue to study theoretical debates between theories of population heterogeneity and theories that allow for specific types of offending. More studies are needed to extend this line of inquiry.

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Section: Workplace Crime and The Generality Of Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Job satisfaction. Individuals who are satisfied with their job or have higher job quality should be less likely to engage in workplace crime (Jaynes et al 2022). Job satisfaction is measured by one item that asked respondents how "satisfied you are at their major job."…”

Section: Peer Definitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%