General Strain Theory and Delinquency: Extending a Popular Explanation to American Indian Youth

Autor/inn/en	Eitle, David; Eitle, Tamela McNulty
Titel	General Strain Theory and Delinquency: Extending a Popular Explanation to American Indian Youth
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 48 (2016) 4, S.470-495 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X13499593
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; American Indians; Adolescents; Correlation; National Surveys; American Indian Students; Theories; Longitudinal Studies; Racial Differences; Stress Variables; Violence; Crime; Depression (Psychology); Affective Behavior; Social Capital; Gender Differences; Parents; Educational Attainment; Substance Abuse; Victims; Experience; Regression (Statistics); Predictor Variables; Interviews; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; American Indian; Indianer; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Theory; Theorie; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Rassenunterschied; Gewalt; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Sozialkapital; Geschlechterkonflikt; Eltern; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Victim; Opfer; Erfahrung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Prädiktor; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Despite evidence that American Indian (AI) adolescents are disproportionately involved in crime and delinquent behavior, there exists scant research exploring the correlates of crime among this group. We posit that Agnew's General Strain Theory (GST) is well suited to explain AI delinquent activity. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examined a subsample of AI students--a study that represents, to the best of our knowledge, the initial published test of GST principles used to explain AI delinquent behavior. Overall, we find mixed support for the core principles of GST applying to AI delinquent behavior. We also found evidence that some of the personal and social resources identified by Agnew condition the strain-delinquent behavior relationship, albeit, sometimes in ways that are not entirely consistent with GST. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01