Journal article
Neighborhood Cultural Heterogeneity and Adolescent Violence
Journal of quantitative criminology, Vol.28(3), pp.411-435
10/15/2011
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-011-9146-6
Abstract
A small number of scholars have attempted to reorient current thinking about the way cultural effects operate in poor neighborhoods. Scholars argue that socioeconomic disadvantage fosters heterogeneity in cultural models. Moreover, cultural heterogeneity theoretically plays an important role in shaping adolescent decision-making in poor neighborhoods, including decisions related to violent behavior. We test these assumptions using multilevel data comprised of a sample of African-American adolescents. Our findings lend support to these arguments. In particular, the results suggested that neighborhood structural disadvantage increases the degree of disagreement or heterogeneity regarding the inappropriateness of violence. Further, exposure to cultural heterogeneity increased adolescents’ involvement in violent behavior and had a moderating influence on the link between individual frames and adolescent violent behavior.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neighborhood Cultural Heterogeneity and Adolescent Violence
- Creators
- Mark T Berg - Indiana University BloomingtonEric A Stewart - Florida State UniversityRod K Brunson - School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers UniversityRonald L Simons - University of Georgia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of quantitative criminology, Vol.28(3), pp.411-435
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10940-011-9146-6
- ISSN
- 0748-4518
- eISSN
- 1573-7799
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/15/2011
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984282620802771
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