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Autor/inn/en | Agnew, Robert; Matthews, Shelley Keith; Bucher, Jacob; Welcher, Adria N.; Keyes, Corey |
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Titel | Socioeconomic Status, Economic Problems, and Delinquency |
Quelle | In: Youth & Society, 40 (2008) 2, S.159-181 (23 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0044-118X |
DOI | 10.1177/0044118X08318119 |
Schlagwörter | Socioeconomic Status; Delinquency; Correlation; Social Theories; Economic Factors; Life Style; Low Income Groups; Crime; Adolescents; Hypothesis Testing; Drug Use; Aggression; Family Income; Educational Attainment; Welfare Services Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Kriminalität; Korrelation; Gesellschaftstheorie; Ökonomischer Faktor; Lebensstil; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Fürsorgeeinrichtung |
Abstract | Research indicates that the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and delinquency is not as strong as suggested by the leading crime theories. This article argues that such theories do not predict that SES in and of itself causes delinquency but rather that the economic problems associated with SES cause delinquency. Such problems include substantial changes in lifestyle due to lack of money and the inability to purchase needed goods and services. Further, it is argued that (a) the relationship between economic problems and delinquency is nonlinear, such that only the experience of several economic problems is associated with higher delinquency, and (b) the relationship between SES and economic problems is only moderate in size. Data from a nationally representative sample of adolescents support these arguments. These data help explain the weak-to-moderate relationship between SES and delinquency, and they direct attention to economic problems as a potentially important cause of delinquency. (Contains 4 tables and 4 notes.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |