Deviant Lifestyles and the Reporting of Physical Victimization to Police
In: Journal of family violence, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 23-31
ISSN: 1573-2851
12 Ergebnisse
Sortierung:
In: Journal of family violence, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 23-31
ISSN: 1573-2851
In: Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 169-185
ISSN: 1537-7946
In: Race and Justice: RAJ, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 304-329
ISSN: 2153-3687
In: Deviant behavior: an interdisciplinary journal, Band 39, Heft 11, S. 1515-1532
ISSN: 1521-0456
In: Journal of drug issues: JDI, Band 47, Heft 3, S. 505-522
ISSN: 1945-1369
Problematic alcohol consumption by police officers is well documented in the literature. However, no study has utilized Gottfredson and Hirschi's A General Theory of Crime to determine what role, if any, self-control (i.e., self-regulation) plays in predicting this behavior. Therefore, data from the Police Stress and Domestic Violence in Police Families in Baltimore, Maryland, 1997-1999 are analyzed to test the influence of work-related stress on officers' self-control and problem drinking. Results indicated that self-control is significant in predicting problematic alcohol consumption by police officers. Two control variables (burnout and peer drinking) also predicted the dependent variable. The current study provides further evidence that self-control continues to be one of the most consistent factors most likely to lead to criminal behavior, including those committed by police officers.
In: Deviant behavior: an interdisciplinary journal, Band 37, Heft 8, S. 877-892
ISSN: 1521-0456
In: Sociological spectrum: the official Journal of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Band 30, Heft 5, S. 526-549
ISSN: 1521-0707
In: Race and Justice: RAJ, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 190-216
ISSN: 2153-3687
Recently, scholars have reintroduced a Latinx general strain theory in which it is suggested that ethnic-specific strains, including acculturation, are driving forces for criminal and delinquent behaviors among the Latinx population. Using data collected from the Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) Study, this study investigated whether these ethnic strains influenced delinquency differently based on the respondent's gender. Results indicate that boys engaged in more delinquent behaviors than girls, whereas girls were more acculturated than boys. Depression, anxiety, and social support were more prevalent among girls than among boys. In addition, girls were more likely to be enculturated and perform better in school than boys. Acculturation did not significantly predict delinquency for either boys or girls. In contrast, polyvictimization was the only variable to consistently predict delinquency among boys and girls. Results provided partial support for the hypotheses, in that, while depression and anxiety varied by gender as predicted by the gendered general strain theory, the ethnic-specific strain of acculturation failed to predict delinquent behavior in this sample. Ultimately, this study highlights the need to examine other ethnic-specific strains to better understand delinquent behavior among Latinx youth.
In: Journal of family violence, Band 38, Heft 5, S. 905-917
ISSN: 1573-2851
In: Social science quarterly, Band 101, Heft 2, S. 623-640
ISSN: 1540-6237
ObjectiveAlthough immigrants tend to have lower involvement in delinquency, increasing levels of acculturation to American society may lead to higher levels of delinquency. Conversely, cultural retention typically reduces such behavior. To explain these findings, this study employs differential coercion and support theory to predict that cultural retention is inversely associated with delinquency through associations with greater social support and less coercion.MethodUsing a large, national‐level sample of Latino native‐born and immigrant youth, analyses are conducted using both ordinary least squares (OLS) and logistic regression.ResultsFindings support hypotheses, showing that increases in cultural retention are associated with less coercion and more social support, both of which are, in turn, related to delinquency. Importantly, an initial strong inverse relationship between cultural retention and delinquency disappears when coercion and social support are controlled.ConclusionHigher social support and lower coercion help explain the inverse relationship between cultural retention and delinquency among native‐born and immigrant Latino youth.
In: Sociological spectrum: the official Journal of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 53-69
ISSN: 1521-0707
In: Journal of family violence, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 171-184
ISSN: 1573-2851