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Author: Mears, Daniel P.
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Collier, Nicole Louise Mears, Daniel P. |
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Delinquent by the Dozen: Youth From Larger Families Engage in More Delinquency--Fact or Myth? Crime and Delinquency published online (25 April 2022): DOI: 10.1177/00111287221088036. Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00111287221088036 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Size; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Studies suggest that there is a linear and positive relationship between family size and delinquency. However, questions exist about this assessment. Drawing on prior scholarship and analyses, we revisit and test the family size-delinquency relationship. We also test whether the effect varies by sibling relatedness. Results indicate no consistent or large criminogenic effect of larger families on delinquency and that the relationship is considerably more complicated than what prior work has identified. Some beneficial effects are identified for children in full biological households, some criminogenic effects are identified for children from non-full biological households, and the relationships are curvilinear. Findings underscore the need to revisit research on family size and delinquency and to take into account sibling relatedness. |
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Collier, Nicole Louise and Daniel P. Mears. "Delinquent by the Dozen: Youth From Larger Families Engage in More Delinquency--Fact or Myth?" Crime and Delinquency published online (25 April 2022): DOI: 10.1177/00111287221088036.
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Mears, Daniel P. Cochran, Joshua C. |
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What Is the Effect of IQ on Offending? Criminal Justice and Behavior 40,11 (November 2013): 1280-1300. Also: http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/40/11/1280.abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Crime; I.Q.; Propensity Scores; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The aim of this study is to advance scholarship on the IQ–offending relationship by examining the functional form of this relationship and whether confounding introduced by socioeconomic status (SES) and other factors can be adequately addressed. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth are analyzed using generalized propensity score and propensity score matching analyses. The results suggest that the relationship is curvilinear, such that lower and higher levels of IQ are associated with lower levels of offending. They also indicate that the distribution of confounders, especially SES, may limit the ability of statistical approaches to arrive at unbiased estimates of IQ effects. |
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Bibliography Citation
Mears, Daniel P. and Joshua C. Cochran. "What Is the Effect of IQ on Offending?" Criminal Justice and Behavior 40,11 (November 2013): 1280-1300.
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