Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory: A Test of Mediating Relationships Across Multiple Types of Deviance
Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory: A Test of Mediating Relationships Across Multiple Types of Deviance
Egbert Zavala Theodore R. Curry University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USAEgbert Zavala is an Associate Professor and current Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where he has been since receiving his PhD in sociology from Kansas State University. His area of research includes intimate partner violence, dating violence, family violence, and testing criminological theories. His publications appear in the Journal of Family Violence, Victims & Offenders, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Crime & Delinquency, and others.Dr. Theodore R. Curry is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Security Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. His research focuses on theories of criminal and deviant behavior with emphasis on understanding why immigrants and immigrant communities have low crime rates. His recent research on immigration and crime has appeared in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Justice Quarterly, and Ethnic and Racial Studies while additional research on differential coercion and support theory has appeared in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.