ALLBUS-Bibliographie 25. Fassung, Stand - SSOAR

54 ALLBUS-Bibliographie (25. Fassung)
Einflusserwartungen sind persönliche Überzeugungen über eigene politische Kompetenzen
und Reaktivität des politischen Systems, deren Einflüsse bei den Ostdeutschen
größer sind als bei den Westdeutschen."
Aufgenommen: 21. Fassung, Dezember 2006
Becker, Rolf und Mehlkop, Guido, (2006). Social Class and Delinquency: An Empirical
Utilization of Rational Choice Theory with Cross-sectional Data of the 1990 and
2000 German General Population Surveys (ALLBUS). Rationality and Society, 18:
193-235.
Abstract: "The frequently predicted relationship between social class and criminal
behavior is theoretically vacillating and empirically exiguous. We present an extended
rational choice model which integrates the effects of an individual's social
status on his or her subjective evaluations of (1) costs, (2) utility, (3) the probability
of apprehension, (4) the selective incentives, and (5) the internalization of social
norms. We test the model against the offences of shop-lifting and tax-evasion. The
data source derived from the German General Social Survey empirically supports the
theoretical model. There exists no prevalent relationship between an individual's social
status and his or her incentives towards criminal comportment. However, the
social status of an individual affects the type of offences committed. The subjectively
expected probability of either failing or succeeding in a criminal act takes greater
precedence over the fear of retribution or the expected utility."
Aufgenommen: 21. Fassung, Dezember 2006
Becker, Rolf, (2006). Selective Response to Questions on Delinquency. Quality and
Quantity, 40: 483-498.
Abstract: "In the German General Survey 2000 (ALLBUS), the so-called 'Sealed
Envelope Technique' (SET), was utilized to obtain data on an individuals' selfadmitted
delinquency. The focus of this article is to discover, particularly, the reason
respondents refused to fill in this confidential questionnaire in spite of the guaranteed
anonymity. From a theoretical perspective of subjective expected utility, the assumption
is that respondents are interested in maximizing benefits and avoiding social
costs in the interview situation. Consequently, responses provided are optimal realizations
of the respondents' interest. Furthermore, the respondents' intellectual capacity
in understanding the questions, the SET applied, the interviewer characteristics,
and aspects of the interview situation, were presumably responsible for refusals on
sensitive questions. The ALLBUS 2000 data confirm these hypotheses. The selectivity
of self-reported delinquency on matters concerning fare avoidance and tax evasion
also resulted in biased model estimators of determinants regarding anticipated
future delinquency. Mail survey is one supported view on improving data quality in
self-admitted acts of delinquency. However, before firm conclusions can be drawn,