Serrano Maíllo, Alfonso::virtual::4418::600Serrano Maíllo, AlfonsoSerrano Maíllo, AlfonsoSerrano Maíllo, Alfonso2024-05-202024-05-202018-01-141741-2609http://doi.org/10.1177/1477370817732193https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/11728Situational Action Theory (SAT) is an important theoretical development with relatively broad empirical content, reflected in highly specific hypotheses about crime causation. It offers an alternative concept of self-control to that of the General Theory of Crime and predicts that the effect of self-control on crime depends on crime contemplation. Crime contemplation is the tendency to consider crime as an action alternative. This paper is a test of SAT using data on 1304 juveniles from four Latin American cities with relatively high crime rates and impunity levels. It therefore contributes to cross-national testing. Both ordinary least squares and negative binomial regression techniques are applied. Three different ways to test interactions in non-linear models are used. Findings support the hypothesis. Results and limitations are discussed.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessjournal articlecrime contemplationinteractions in non-linear modelsjuvenile delinquencyself-controlSituational Action Theory