Predictors of adolescent male & female minor delinquency & status offenses: Exploring family structure & process
APA Citation:
Huebner, A., Mancini, J. A., & Betts, S. C. (2001). Predictors of adolescent male & female minor delinquency & status offenses: Exploring family structure & process, presented at 63 Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Rochester, New York, 2001. National Council on Family Relations.
Focus:
Children
Parents
Youth
Subject Affiliation:
Civilian
Population:
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Methodology:
Qualitative Study
Authors:
Huebner, Angela, Mancini, Jay, Betts, Sherry C.
Abstract:
Family processes have consistently been established as strong predictors of delinquent behaviors in youth (Canter, 1982; Cernkovich, and Giordano, 1987; Gove and Crutchfield, 1982; Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber, 1986). However, most of these studies have examined male adolescents or focused on more serious forms of delinquency. A study was conducted that explored gender differences in the family processes that predict the commission of status offenses and less serious acts of delinquency. Results reveal both similarities and differences in the relationship among family process variables and offending for boys and girls. Results also revealed that the family process variables predicting offending (divorce, monitoring, communication, quality) differed by gender. Implications for theory development and parent education are discussed.
Publisher/Sponsoring Organization:
National Council on Family Relations
Publication Type:
Research and technical reports
Author Affiliation:
Department of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, AJH
Department of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, JAM
University of Arizona, SCB
Keywords:
delinquency, environment, child, family relations, sex differences, divorce, attitudes, childrearing practices, criminal justice, monitoring, mother child relations, parent child communication, parent training, parental investment, parental role, predictability, professional meetings and symposia, risk factors, runaway behavior, status offenses
Location:
Minnesota