Teenagers' High Arrest Rates: Features of Young Age or Youth Poverty?

Autor/inn/en	Males, Mike A.; Brown, Elizabeth A.
Titel	Teenagers' High Arrest Rates: Features of Young Age or Youth Poverty?
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 29 (2014) 1, S.3-24 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558413493004
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Crime; Delinquency; Age Differences; Poverty; Socioeconomic Influences; Violence; Environmental Influences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; At Risk Persons; Whites; Hispanic Americans; African Americans; Asian Americans; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Kriminalität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Armut; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Gewalt; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Risikogruppe; White; Weißer; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Kalifornien
Abstract	The association of more crime with youthful age is widely accepted in social science. However, a literature search revealed no studies of the age-crime relationship that controlled for young ages' economic disadvantage. This research gap is addressed using the California Criminal Justice Statistics Center's arrest detail and Census poverty statistics for 2010. When poverty rates were controlled, younger and older ages' violence disparities largely disappeared. Where teenagers and emerging adults display typical middle-aged demographics (two thirds non-Latino, White, or Asian, poverty levels under 10%), they display "middle-aged" violent crime rates; where ages 40 to 69 have typical teenage demographics (54% Black or Latino, 17% in poverty), they display "teenaged" violent crime levels. These findings challenge conventional theories associating violence with young age. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10