@article{3f661d253cd24912897763df925dc37c,
title = "Rationalizing Delinquency: Understanding the Person-situation Interaction through Item Response Theory",
keywords = "rationalizations, item response theory, delinquency",
author = "Thomas, \{Kyle J.\}",
note = "Abstract I argue that a person-situation complex of delinquent rationalizations can be conceptualized by relating rationalizations to item response theory (IRT), where approval of delinquency is predominately a function of the individual willingness to rationalize ( θ j) and situational difficulty of applying a rationalization ( bi ).",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1177/0022427818789752",
language = "American English",
journal = "Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency",
}