Journal article
Socioeconomic Status, Subcultural Definitions, and Violent Delinquency
Social forces, Vol.75(3), pp.799-833
03/1997
DOI: 10.1093/sf/75.3.799
Abstract
This article examines the theoretical links between socioeconomic status and violent delinquency. The arguments draw on work on social structure and personality and learning theories of crime and delinquency. Hypotheses derived from the resulting explanation are tested using covariance structure models and panel data from a national sample of males. Consistent with these arguments, the results show that violent delinquency is a product of learning definitions favorable to violence, which itself is determined directly and indirectly by association with aggressive peers, socioeconomic status, parenting practices, and prior violent delinquency. The article concludes that explanations of violent adolescent behavior must take into account the joint contributions of social stratification and culture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Socioeconomic Status, Subcultural Definitions, and Violent Delinquency
- Creators
- Karen Heimer - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social forces, Vol.75(3), pp.799-833
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/sf/75.3.799
- ISSN
- 0037-7732
- eISSN
- 1534-7605
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1997
- Academic Unit
- Law Faculty; Sociology and Criminology; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984269240602771
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