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Title: Delinquency: A Trajectory Analysis of African-American Males
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Brown, Wyatt |
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Delinquency: A Trajectory Analysis of African-American Males M.S. Thesis, University of Louisville, 2011 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Author Keyword(s): Black Studies; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The initial goals of this study include locating and identifying the taxonomic groups mentioned in Moffitt's (1993) (i.e. life-course persistent offenders, adolescent-limited offenders) using data from the National Longitudinal Survey 1997 (NLSY97). Further, this study compares the social demographics with the predictions of Moffitt (1993,1994) as her theory describes race, particularity those of African-American offenders. This study also examines the role of parental and peer relationships and their effect on the offender disparity among the typologies defined by Moffitt (1993). This study explores one hypothesis: there is a relationship between social bonds, particularly peer association and admittance into Moffitt's (1993) trajectory groups. The results of this study find that of the variables tested, peer relationships are particularly influential in predicting criminality. These findings support prior research on delinquent peer group association and criminality (Bjerregard & Lizotte, 1995; Dishion, Patterson, & Griesler, 1994; Patterson, 1993; Patterson, Dishion & Yoerger, 2000; Lacourse et aI., 2003). |
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Brown, Wyatt. Delinquency: A Trajectory Analysis of African-American Males. M.S. Thesis, University of Louisville, 2011. |