Journal article
Mixed-sex peer groups and violent delinquency: understanding the separate and combined influence of mixed-sex peer groups, sex, and romance on violent delinquency
Journal of crime & justice, Vol.46(5), pp.607-626
10/20/2023
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2023.2205161
Abstract
Prior studies suggest peer group sex composition is an important correlate of delinquency, but these studies often conflate the influence of other-sex peers with that of romantic and intimate partners. This research seeks to understand the influence of other-sex peers as separate from, but related to, romantic activity and sexual debut. I find that while sexual and romantic activity predict mixed-sex peer group (MSPG) membership, they do not fully explain the positive relationship between MSPG membership and violent delinquency. Guided by literature on gender socialization and the institutionalization of heteronormativity, I argue this result can be explained as the result of a heteronormative culture that problematizes platonic, other-sex interactions and forces adolescents to maintain other-sex friendships in non-surveilled spaces.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mixed-sex peer groups and violent delinquency: understanding the separate and combined influence of mixed-sex peer groups, sex, and romance on violent delinquency
- Creators
- Kate K. O'Neill - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of crime & justice, Vol.46(5), pp.607-626
- DOI
- 10.1080/0735648X.2023.2205161
- ISSN
- 0735-648X
- eISSN
- 2158-9119
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/20/2023
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984696575002771
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