Criminal Justice System Involvement and Continuity of Youth Crime: A Longitudinal Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Lee Michael; Simons, Ronald L.; Conger, Rand D.
Titel	Criminal Justice System Involvement and Continuity of Youth Crime: A Longitudinal Analysis
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 36 (2004) 1, S.3-29 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X03260323
Schlagwörter	Juvenile Justice; Youth; Delinquency; Males; Structural Equation Models; Crime; Peer Influence; Labeling (of Persons); Correlation; Hypothesis Testing; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendgerichtshilfe; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Kriminalität; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Labeling-Ansatz; Korrelation; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest
Abstract	Studies of criminal careers reveal several possible factors associated with persistent offending. This analysis examines the part that criminal justice system involvement plays in persistent offending. Seven waves of data collected on 153 boys as part of the Iowa Youth and Families Project were used to test a structural equation model hypothesizing longitudinal relationships among system involvement, deviant peer association, and crime. Results revealed continuity in offending across waves but only partial continuity in deviant peer association. More important, system involvement was positively related to later crime, as well as to later deviant peer association. This finding is consistent with labeling theory and inconsistent with deterrence theory. Furthermore, crime was positively related to later deviant peer association; however, deviant peer association was not related to later crime, and same-time correlation between the two were significantly positive. Results warrant continued exploration into the potential "labeling" aspects of formal sanctioning processes. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10