Members of the Centre for Analytic Criminology and Affiliated Researchers are active members of the European Society of Criminology and maintain a regular presence at its Annual Meetings. Below are papers and panels they have organized and taken part in and which have presented myriad tests of Situational Action Theory in a variety of international contexts across and beyond Europe.
22nd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Malaga, Spain (2022)
CRIME AND MORALITY: THEORISING AND STUDYING THE ROLE OF MORALITY IN CRIME CAUSATION
Wikström, P-O H. (2022) Where does morality come from? The role of people’s everyday experiences and their crime propensities
Treiber, K. (2022) Where does crime relevant morality come from? The biological foundation
Roman, G. D. (2022) Morality and the perception of crime as an alternative: The role of the moral filter
UNDERSTANDING THE PERCEPTION-CHOICE PROCESS OF CRIMINAL ACTION
Weymeirsch, J. & Eifler, S. (2022) On the relevance of two-stage modeling of criminal behavior
Hasselhorn, F., Sattler, S., van Veen, F., Mehlkop, G., Sauer, C. (2022) An Experimental Test of Situational Action Theory of Crime Causation: Investigating the Perception-Choice Process
Betz, A. & Eifler, S. (2022) The relevance of norms for decisions on theft by finding
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES ON THE SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY
Hasselhorn, F., Sattler, S., Kroneberg, C. & Seddig, D. (2022) Self-Control Ability Scale
Ernst, A. (2022) Does criminogenic exposure really matter? Examining the situational model in Situational Action Theory
Kleineweise, J. (2022) Group morality affects crime: Empirical evidence from the perspective of Situational Action Theory
21st Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Online (2021)
INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF SPACE-TIME BUDGET METHODOLOGY TO STUDYING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND PLACES IN THE EXPLANATION OF CRIME: PEERS AND GUARDIANS
Treiber, K., Wikström, P-O H. & Roman, G. D. (2021) Differences in social relationships and time use between young people following adolescence-limited and persistent trajectories of crime involvement
Kennedy, L. (2021) Peer Influence and Aggression: Adapting the Space-Time Budget Method
Cole, S. (2021) Studying situational perceptions of moral rules using the space-time budget: Findings from the Peterborough Neighbourhood Guardians Study (PNGS)
Hardie, B. (2021) Discussant
19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Ghent, Belgium (2019)
EXPLORING AND EXPLAINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER AND CRIME: NEW FINDINGS FROM PADS+
Wikstrom, P-O H. (2019) Exploring the relationship between gender and crime: Basic differences in crime involvement and its drivers
Treiber, K. (2019) Explaining gender differences in crime: How well can gender differences in crime involvement be explained by the person-environment interaction?
Roman, G. D. (2019) Exploring gender differences in the drivers of crime: Developmental differences in males’ and females’ crime propensities and criminogenic exposure
THEORISING CRIME. THE ROLE OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
Gottfredson, M. R. (2019) People and Places in Criminological Theory: A General Theory of Crime Perspective
Wikström, P-O H. (2019) People and Places in Criminological Theory: A Situational Action Theory Perspective
Kroneberg, C. (2019) The role of People and Places in the General Theory of Crime and Situational Action Theory. A discussion.
18th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Sarajevo (2018)
ANALYZING THE PERCEPTION-CHOICE PROCESS IN SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY
De Buck, A. & Pauwels, L. J. R. (2018) Choosing Violence, Scenario Criminogeneity, and Moral Emotions. a Randomized Scenario Study in Risk-Seekers and Risk-Avoiders
Pauwels, L. J. R., Schepers, D. & Eifler, S. (2018) Choosing What Crime as Alternative in What Criminogenic Setting? an In-Depth Examination of SAT’s Propensity Scenario Exposure in Three Different Data Sets
Kammigan, I. (2018) Response Latencies as Indicators for More Automatic Vs. More Deliberate Decision-Making
Gerth, M. (2018) Applying Sat to Explain Truancy
Schepers, D. (2018) Chair
DIVERSIFYING THE TESTS OF SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY
Al-Ruwaili, N. (2018) Morality, Deterrence and Crime: A Test of SAT Among Adolescents in Saudi Arabia
Eifler, S. & Schepers, D. (2018) Settings, Situations, and Theft by Finding: Analyzing the Causes of the Causes in SAT
Pauwels, L. J. R. (2018) Choosing to Shoplift as Alternative? Testing Major Propositions of Situational Action Theory’s Situational Model
Al-Ruwaili, N., Rodríguez, J. A. & Birkbeck, C. (2018) Testing Situational Action Theory Through Behavioural Intentions: Results From Saudi Arabia and Venezuela
Birkbeck, C. (2018) Chair
Kessler, G. & Reinecke, J. (2018) The Conditional Relevance of External and Internal Controls: Do Assumptions of the Situational Action Theory Hold Among in Young Adults?
16th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Münster, Germany (2016)
SELECTED ISSUES IN CRIME CAUSATION: SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE, GENDER AND LABELLING
Roman, G. D., Wikström, P-O H. & Treiber, K. (2016) Childhood social disadvantage and pathways in crime
Wikström, P-O H., Treiber, K. & Roman, G. D. (2016) Gender, crime and criminal careers
Treiber, K., Roman, G. D. & Wikström, P-O H. (2016) Does labelling matter? A critical discussion of key mechanisms and testable implications
PATHWAYS OF DELINQUENCY
Lösel, F., Stemmler, M. & Wallner, S. (2016) Pathways and Prediction of Externalizing Problems from Preschool to Adolescence: Results from the Erlangen-Nuremberg Development and Prevention Study
Wikström, P-O H., Treiber, K. & Roman, G. D. (2016) Pathways in Crime and their explanation
Boers, K., Seddig, D. & Reinecke, J. (2016) Early Decliners and Late Starters – Questioning the Early Onset-Assumption
Beier, H. & Kroneberg, C. (2016) The Co-Evolution and Interplay of Normative Attitudes, Peers, and Violence: Results from a New Panel Study
Kroneberg, C. (2016) Chair
PERCEPTION, CHOICE AND THE INTERPLAY OF PROPENSITIES AND EXPOSURE: NOVEL TESTS OF SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY USING MULTIPLE METHODS
Pauwels, L. (2016) Seeing and choosing crime: A randomized scenario study of the causes and cause of the causes of the perception-choice process
Ivert, A-K & Torstensson Levander, M. (2016) Gender differences in young people’s crime involvement - A cross-national comparison of UK and Sweden
Hirtenlehner, H. & Treiber, K. (2016) Can Situational Action Theory Explain the Gender Gap in Adolescent Shoplifting
Gustafsson, N-K. (2016) Problematic alcohol use and its situational causes: Can differences in substance use propensities and substancegenic exposure explain problematic alcohol use?
PERSONAL MORALITY AND MORAL CONTEXTS: CONCEPTS, MEASUREMENT AND CROSS-NATIONAL DIFFERENCES
Serrano-Maillo, A. (2016) The concept of morality and its measurement in situational action theory
Svensson, R. & Ivert, A-K (2016) Morality and crime: A cross-national comparison of Peterborough and Malmö
Ernst, A. (2016) The role of peers in Situational Action Theory: Do pupils of the same grade influence one another in their violent behavior in the school context?
Lämmermann, K. (2016) The interplay between adolescents’ own moral rules and those of their friends: How it influences their tendency to behave violently in the face of provocation
15th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Porto, Portugal (2015)
RECENT APPLICATIONS OF SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY
Gustafsson, N-K (2015) Places and differences in young people’s vulnerability: substancegenic exposure and substance use propensity
Barton-Crosby, J. (2015) Applying situational action theory to the explanation and analysis of acts of intimate partner violence
Lau, M. P. Y. & Treiber, K. (2015) Tackling the unexpectedly small association between social disadvantage and crime: a meta-analysis
Pauwels, L. (2015) How general are the key mechanisms of sat? From child antisocial behaviour, adolescent offending and substance use to student participation in violent extremism. An overview of research evidence from Belgian studies
14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: Prague, Czech Republic (2014)
NEW TOPICS AND TESTS OF SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY 1: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE IN CRIME CAUSATION: SELECTION, SUPERVISION, AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
Treiber, K. & Wikström, P-O H. (2014) Social disadvantage and crime: A criminological puzzle
Hardie, B. (2014) When monitoring matters: Parental knowledge, supervision and criminogenic exposure
Müller-Johnson, K. & Wikström, P-O H. (2014) Sexual attitudes and behaviours: Acceptability and experiences by gender and childhood disadvantage
Hirtenlehner, H. (2014) Discussant
NEW TOPICS AND TESTS OF SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY 2: CONTEXTS OF VIOLENCE: MORAL EMOTIONS AND EMPATHY, SENSITIVITY TO PROVOCATION, AND POLICE USE OF FORCE
Trivedi, N. (2014) ‘I ain’t gotta feel bad for him, he’s gotta feel bad for himself’: Lack of shame, guilt and empathy in persistent violent offenders
Barton-Crosby, J. (2014) Sensitivity to provocation and acts of violence: Conceptual and methodological issues
Jerath, K. (2014) Applying SAT to police use of force: Are certain officers in certain settings more prone to using violence?
KEY ISSUES IN CONTMPORARY CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY
Wikström, P-O H. (2014) Situational action theory: Towards an analytical criminology
Enzmann, D. (2014) The importance of social contexts in criminological theorizing
Boers, K. (2014) Chair
MORALITY AND CRIME
Wikström, P-O H. (2014) Crime as moral action
Bottoms, A. (2014) Criminology and critical morality
Bennett, C. (2014) How can moral philosophy be relevant to criminology?
13th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Budapest, Hungary (2013)
TESTING SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY CROSS-NATIONALLY
Wikström, P-O H., Treiber, K., Weerman, F., Bruinsma, G. & Torstensson-Levander, M. (2013) Core Elements of the Situational Action Theory: A Cross-National Comparison of the cities of Peterborough, The Hague and Malmö.
Treiber, K. & Svensson, R. (2013) Self-Control, Intoxication and Violence: A Cross-National Comparison of Peterborough and Malmö
Svensson, R., Torstensson-Levander, M. & Wikström, P-O H. (2013) Morality, Deterrence and Theft: A Cross-National Comparative Study
Hardie, B. & Ivert, A-K (2013) Parental Monitoring, Supervision, Activity Fields and Young People's Offending: A Cross-National Comparison Using Space-Time Budget Data
IT'S ALL ABOUT INTERACTIONS - TESTING INTERACTION HYPOTHESES IN SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY
Wikstrom, P-O H. (2013) Introduction
Schepers, D. & Reinecke, J. (2013) Application of the situational action theory (SAT) for a new panel study on adolescents' deviant and delinquent behavior
Leitgöb, H., Hirtenlehner, H., Bacher, J. & Kastner, G. (2013) Developing a strategy for testing interaction assumptions in count data models - a contribution facilitating the empirical investigation of situational action theory?
Hirtenlehner, H., Leitgöb, H., Bacher, J. (2013) Are deterrent effects moderated by personal morality? The case of shoplifting
SITUATIONAL ACTION THEORY: EVIDENCE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Hirtenlehner, H., Pauwels, L. & Mesko, G. (2013) Is the effect of perceived deterrence on juvenile offending contingent on the level of self-control? Results from three countries
Bertok, E. & Mesko, G. (2013) The influence of crime propensity on self-reported delinquency: results from Slovenia
Serrano-Maillo, A. (2013) On the concept and measurement of morality in Wikström's situational action theory: A comparison of measurement properties in two samples and controlling for measurement error following Saris et al.'s approach
Gerstner, D. & Oberwittler, D. (2013) The role of delinquent friends in the explanation of crime based on social network analysis
Wikström, P-O H. (2013) Discussant
For conference papers given before 2012 please go to PADS website