General Strain Theory and Delinquency: Focusing on the Influences of Key Strain Characteristics on Delinquency

Autor/inn/en	Moon, Byongook; Blurton, David; McCluskey, John D.
Titel	General Strain Theory and Delinquency: Focusing on the Influences of Key Strain Characteristics on Delinquency
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 54 (2008) 4, S.582-613 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128707301627
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Prediction; Parent Child Relationship; Punishment; Victims of Crime; Stress Variables; Family Relationship; Conflict; Discipline; Parenting Styles; Bullying; Teacher Student Relationship; Income; Correlation; Teaching Experience; Cultural Influences; Evaluation Methods; Social Influences; Middle School Students; Foreign Countries; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Vorhersage; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Bestrafung; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Konflikt; Disziplin; Mobbing; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Einkommen; Korrelation; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Korea; Republik
Abstract	The study examines the effects of recent, older, and chronic strains and of perceived injustice of strain on delinquency, sampling 777 Korean youth. Seven key strains most likely leading to delinquency, some of which were often overlooked in previous research, were included, and these are family conflict, parental punishment, teachers' punishment, financial strain, examination-related strain, being bullied, and criminal victimization. Overall, the findings provide some support for general strain theory's prediction that some recent strains and perceived injustice have significant effects on delinquency. The results show that recent and older teachers' physical and emotional punishment and victimization are positively related to general delinquency. However, chronic parental punishment and chronic bullying are negatively related to general delinquency, inconsistent with Agnew's prediction. The findings also indicate the critical importance of including types of strain that are unique to certain cultures into tests of the theory. (Contains 3 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10