Trajectories of Delinquency among Puerto Rican Children and Adolescents at Two Sites

Autor/inn/en	Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M.; Piquero, Alex R.; Jennings, Wesley G.; Bird, Hector; Canino, Glorisa
Titel	Trajectories of Delinquency among Puerto Rican Children and Adolescents at Two Sites
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 46 (2009) 2, S.144-181 (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4278
DOI	10.1177/0022427808330866
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; At Risk Persons; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Puerto Ricans; Hispanic Americans; Urban Areas; Children; Comparative Analysis; Cultural Influences; Cultural Differences; Violence; Longitudinal Studies; Context Effect; Interviews; Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Self Esteem; Peer Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Acculturation; Environmental Influences; Locus of Control; Stress Variables; Substance Abuse; New York; Puerto Rico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Risikogruppe; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Puerto Rican; Puerto-Ricaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Urban area; Stadtregion; Child; Kind; Kinder; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kultureller Unterschied; Gewalt; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Peer-Beziehungen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Akkulturation; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum
Abstract	This study examined the trajectories of delinquency among Puerto Rican children and adolescents in two cultural contexts. Relying on data from the Boricua Youth Study, a longitudinal study of children and youth from Bronx, New York, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, a group-based trajectory procedure estimated the number of delinquency trajectories, whether trajectories differed across contexts, and the relation of risk and protective factors to each. Five trajectories fit the Bronx sample, and four fit the San Juan sample. Differences and similarities were observed. The Bronx sample had a higher rate of delinquency and sensation seeking and violence exposure strongly discriminated offender trajectories. In San Juan, the results were substantively the same. Thus, while the youth lived in different contexts, and the nature and level of delinquency varied across the sites, the effects of most risk factors were more similar than different. (Contains 6 tables, 2 figures, and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10