8 July to 9 July 2019
University of Cologne, Germany
About
Professor Wikstrom and Dr Treiber will take part the 8-9 July 2019 in a workshop organised by Professor Kroneberg and colleagues on Testing Analytical Theories in criminology and related fields at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Monday, 8 July
14:00-14:10
Clemens Kroneberg: Welcome and summary of the project "Friendship and violence in adolescence"
Session 1: Offender Decision-Making and Social Context
14:10-14:50
Clemens Kroneberg:
Who is fighting with whom? How ethnic origin shapes friendship, dislike, and physical violence relations in German secondary schools
14:50-15:30
André Ernst:
Focusing on setting’s criminogeneity in SAT. The example of inner-school violence.
15:30-16:10
Stefanie Eifler/Heinz Leitgöb/Julia Weymeirsch:
The role of neutralization in deliberate criminal decision-making.
16:10-16:30
Coffee break (20 min)
Session 2: The Developmental Ecological Action (DEA) Model of Situational Action Theory
16:30-17:10
Per-Olof H. Wikström:
Explaining crime and criminal careers. The DEA model of Situational Action Theory.
17:10-17:50
Kyle Treiber:
Does propensity make the thief? Exploring the relative contribution of propensity and exposure to crime involvement over time.
19:00
Workshop dinner
Tuesday, 9 July
Session 3: Understanding Contexts and Correlates of Offending
09:00-09:40
Dietrich Oberwittler:
Social segregation and the social contexts of youth crime in German and French neighborhoods
09:40-10:20
Maria Gerth:
Testing SAT’s potential for a more general and mechanism-based explanation of the truancy-delinquency relationship
10:20-10:40
Coffee break (20 min)
Session 4: One Analytical Criminology but Different Theories of Action?
10:40-11:20
Helmut Hirtenlehner:
The interaction between self-control and perceived sanction risk from the viewpoint of different theories.
11:20-12:00
Daniel Seddig:
Human values and planned behavior: a synthesized approach to explain drug use and theft
12:00-13:00
Lunch break
Session 5: Towards Experimental Tests of Situational Action Theory
13:00-13:40
Guido Mehlkop/Sebastian Sattler:
The interplay of moral norms, instrumental incentives, and self-control in causing illegal behavior
13:40-14:20
Fabian Hasselhorn:
An experimental test of SAT