Delinquent Behavior of Dutch Rural Adolescents

Autor/in	Weenink, Don
Titel	Delinquent Behavior of Dutch Rural Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 9, S.1132-1146 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-011-9650-x
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Social Control; Drinking; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Case Studies; Rural Urban Differences; Gender Differences; Antisocial Behavior; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Soziale Kontrolle; Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Niederlande
Abstract	This article compares Dutch rural and non-rural adolescents' delinquent behavior and examines two social correlates of rural delinquency: communal social control and traditional rural culture. The analyses are based on cross-sectional data, containing 3,797 participants aged 13-18 (48.7% females). The analyses show that rural adolescents are only slightly less likely to engage in delinquent behavior. Furthermore, while rural adolescents are exposed more often to communal social control, this does not substantially reduce the likelihood that they engage in delinquent behavior. Concerning rural culture, marked differences appeared between rural and non-rural adolescents. First, alcohol use and the frequency of visiting pubs were more related to rural adolescents' engagement in delinquent behavior. Second, the gender gap in delinquency is larger among rural adolescents: whereas rural boys did not differ significantly from non-rural boys, rural girls were significantly less likely to engage in delinquent behavior than non-rural girls. However, the magnitude of the effects of most indicators was rather low. To better account for the variety of rural spaces and cultures, it is recommended that future research into antisocial and criminal behavior of rural adolescents should adopt alternative measurements of rurality, instead of using an indicator of population density only. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10