Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Article 1: Siepel, C. & Eifler, S. (2010). Opportunities, rational choice, and self-control: On the interaction of person and situation in a general theory of crime. Crime & Delinquency, 56 (2). Pp. 167-197. doi: 1177/0011128707312525

Questions to Consider:

1. According to the authors, what can explain deviant behavior?
2. What methods did the authors use to test their research question?
3. What were the overall results of the study?

Article 2: Piquero, A., Gibson, C., Tibbetts, S., Turner, M., & Katz, S. (2002). Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and life-course-persitent offending. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 46 (2). Pp. 231-248. doi: 10.1177/0306624X02462008

Questions to Consider:

1. What is this article linking maternal cigarette smoking to?
2. This research is a meta-analysis. Define meta-analysis and why the authors chose to use this type.
3. What kind of effect size did the authors find and what does this mean for their conclusions?

Article 3: Kubiak, S.P., Kasiborski, N., & Schmittel, E. (2010). Assessing long-term outcomes of an intervention designed for pregnant incarcerated women. Research on Social Work Practice, 20(5). pp. 528-535. doi: 10.1177/1049731509358086 

Questions to Consider:

1. What was the research question for this study?
2. What were the methods used in this study?
3. What did the authors conclude from their findings?