Sharp, Susan F.; Peck, B. Mitchell; Hartsfield, Jennifer - In: Journal of Criminal Justice 40 (2012) 3, pp. 202-211
The current paper seeks to add to the literature on General Strain Theory (GST) in two ways. First, it tests the efficacy of the theory in a sample of incarcerated women, adding to our knowledge of the generality of the theory. Second, it examines whether specific individual measures of strain...