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Author: Hunt, Andrea Nicole
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1. Hunt, Andrea Nicole
Family, Gender, and Delinquency from an Integrated Power-Control Model
M.A.Thesis, University of South Alabama, 2004. MAI 43/02, p. 455, Apr 2005
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Models; Gender Differences; Life Course; Modeling

Trends in juvenile offending, in particular gender differences, have recently received attention from researchers. This paper integrates a theoretical conceptualization of the family and female delinquency developed partly from the general life course perspective that considers the consequences of adolescent deviance for adult stratification (Sampson & Laub, 1994). In addition, I will draw on the more specific tenets of power-control theory, which focuses on linking gender differences in power at the structural level to controls at the individual level. I then use Ordinary Least Squares nested multivariate regression to test the revised theoretical model of delinquency with longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) 1997. The findings are consistent with previous research in the power-control tradition.
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Hunt, Andrea Nicole. Family, Gender, and Delinquency from an Integrated Power-Control Model. M.A.Thesis, University of South Alabama, 2004. MAI 43/02, p. 455, Apr 2005.