Exposure to Community Violence and Childhood Delinquency

Crime and Delinquency - Tập 52 Số 2 - Trang 307-332 - 2006
Justin W. Patchin1, Beth M. Huebner2, John D. McCluskey3, Sean P. Varano4, Timothy S. Bynum5
1Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis
3Department of Criminal Justice, University of Texas at San Antonio
4College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
5School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.

Tóm tắt

Community-level factors such as disadvantage, disorder, and disorganization have been linked to a variety of antisocial and illicit activities. Although crime and deviance tend to concentrate in areas with these characteristics, not all residents of disorganized neighborhoods participate in proscribed activities. This study examines the relationship between exposure to community violence and involvement in assaultive behavior and weapon carrying among a sample of at-risk youth. Findings demonstrate that controlling for the effects of neighborhood disadvantage as well as other common correlates of delinquency (e.g., family supervision and structure, school attachment, and peer delinquency), youth who witnessed more violence in their neighborhoods were more likely to self-report assaultive behavior and weapon carrying. This research has important implications for the study of delinquency by further identifying the social costs of community violence.

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Crime and Delinquency

Tập 52 Số 2

307-332

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