Finn-Aage Esbensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4369645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Finn-Aage Esbensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Finn-Aage |
| FAMILY NAME | Esbensen |
| SIGNATURE | ESBENSEN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri–St. Louis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 151 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Delinquency as a Response to Peer Victimization: The Implications of School and Cyberbullying Operationalizations
As criminologists explore the link between bullying victimization and delinquency, they must grapple with measurement issues related to the operationalization of in-school bullying and cyberbullying. Accurately identifying victims has implications for school safety and implementation of policies to reduce the consequences of bullying. Using a longitudinal sample of over 2,000 students, we find youth who do not self-identify as victims of bullying…
Beyond the Breakfast Club: Variability in the Effects of Suspensions by School Context
Rather than mitigating behavioral issues, exclusionary school disciplinary practices can actually increase student misbehavior and school dropout. However, the impact these sanctions have on students may vary based on school climate, particularly whether the environment is inclusive or punitive. Relying on a sample of over 2,000 students within 26 schools, we examine whether school climate shapes the impact of suspension on future delinquency and…
The Code of Silence in Schools: An Assessment of a Socio-Ecological Model of Youth’s Willingness to Report School Misbehavior
Socio-ecological models of victimization reporting incorporate normative constraints and instrumental considerations at the individual and contextual levels. Drawing on this model, we explore factors related to students' willingness to report problem behaviors that they might observe in school. Data obtained from student and teacher/administrator surveys and administrative data are used to explore these relationships. We find that individual-leve…
The Effect of Police Contact: Does Official Intervention Result in Deviance Amplification?
Current police policies are based on assumptions that proactive policing strategies will not only deter crime but will also improve police–community relations. Deterrence theorists argue that general and specific deterrence can be achieved through such policing strategies. Labeling proponents, however, maintain that juveniles stopped and/or arrested by the police, rather than be deterred, will actually engage in more delinquency as a result of th…
Gang Transitions and Transformations in an International Context
Organized Crime in Our Times
Organized Crime in Our Times provides readers with a clear understanding of organized crime, including its definition and causes, how it is categorized under the law, models to explain its persistence, and the criminal justice response to organized crime, including investigation, prosecution, defense, and sentencing. This book offers a comprehensive survey, including an extensive history of the Mafia in the United States; a legal analysis of the …
School Climate and Violence: Does Immigrant Status Matter?
A growing literature shows that school context is an important predictor of student behavior, above and beyond individual and family characteristics. Limited attention, however, has been given to potential contingencies in this relationship. The aim of this research is to extend previous school-based studies by examining whether and to what extent school context is differentially predictive of violent delinquency for immigrant and nonimmigrant yo…
Correlates and Consequences of Peer Victimization: Gender Differences in Direct and Indirect Forms of Bullying
Research on school-based violence and bullying suggests that males are more likely to be both perpetrators and victims of bullying. Because of this, until recently, the experiences of females have been somewhat overlooked. Evidence suggests, however, that definition and measurement issues may be at play; girls, for instance, are more likely than boys to experience indirect forms of bullying such as teasing. To what extent have the correlates and …
Juvenile attitudes towards the police: The importance of subcultural involvement and community ties
Consequences of Being Bullied: Results From a Longitudinal Assessment of Bullying Victimization in a Multisite Sample of American Students
Bullying victimization is part of the adolescent experience in most societies, yet little is known about its consequences. In this article we utilize a multisite, longitudinal data set to examine the effects of being bullied. We also explore definitional and measurement issues that confound this line of research. While some researchers have relied on a single/generic item to measure bullying, others have focused on behaviorally specific items. In…
Gang Membership as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Violent Victimization
Youth gangs and violence have received substantial scholarly and public attention during the past two decades. While most of the extant research on youth gang members has focused on their offending behaviors, few quantitative studies have been conducted to examine the link between gang membership and violent victimization. The current study uses data from a multi-site study of youth to explore potential factors related to this increased risk. The…
Gang membership and violent victimization
Extant gang research supports an enhancement effect of membership on delinquency; that is, while delinquent youths may be attracted to gangs, it is also true that gang membership increases delinquency among youths and that while delinquency levels decrease after gang membership, they do not decrease to nongang levels. In this paper, we build on this research, examining the relationship between youth gang membership and violent victimization in a …
Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When is a Gang a Gang, and Why Does it Matter
The recent explosion in gang research has highlighted the importance of consistent definitions for gang affiliation and gang-related crime. Definitional questions have assumed greater significance in the wake of broad-ranging prevention and intervention strategies. In this article, the authors utilize a sample of approximately 6,000 middle-school students to examine the youth gang phenomenon using five increasingly restrictive membership definiti…
Hispanic and Anglo gang membership in two southwestern cities
Delinquent gangs have attracted the attention of social scientists for most of the twentieth century. The current study presents a systematic comparison of the gang-related attitudes and behavior of youths living in cities of dramatically differing size but subjected to similar cultural forces. Specifically, we explored the attitudes and orientations of gang and nongang eighth grade students living in two southwestern cities with large pluralitie…
Coppin' an attitude
Family Context and Criminal Victimization in Adolescence
In this article, data from the Denver Youth Survey, a panel study of families in Denver, Colorado, are used to investigate the influence of family factors in predicting adolescent victimization. Statistically controlling for respondents' sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity), we examine the predictive impact on adolescent victimization of family sociodemographic characteristics, family vulnerability to victimization, parental …
Differences between Gang Girls and Gang Boys: Results from a Multisite Survey
During the past decade, a growing body of literature examining gang girls and the involvement of girls in violence has appeared. In this article, we contribute to this developing literature by using data from a multisite evaluation to explore the extent to which gang girls are similar to or different from gang boys in terms of their attitudes, perceptions of their gangs, and their involvement in ganglike illegal activities. Findings indicate that…
Are There Multiple Paths to Delinquency
Denver Youth Survey, David Huizinga, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Anne Wylie Weiher, Are There Multiple Paths to Delinquency?, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), Vol. 82, No. 1, Symposium on the Causes and Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency (Spring, 1991), pp. 83-118
Juvenile Victimization and Delinquency
Disorganized Crime: The Economics of the Visible Hand
Coppin' an attitude
Differences between Gang Girls and Gang Boys: Results from a Multisite Survey
During the past decade, a growing body of literature examining gang girls and the involvement of girls in violence has appeared. In this article, we contribute to this developing literature by using data from a multisite evaluation to explore the extent to which gang girls are similar to or different from gang boys in terms of their attitudes, perceptions of their gangs, and their involvement in ganglike illegal activities. Findings indicate that…
Consequences of Being Bullied: Results From a Longitudinal Assessment of Bullying Victimization in a Multisite Sample of American Students
Bullying victimization is part of the adolescent experience in most societies, yet little is known about its consequences. In this article we utilize a multisite, longitudinal data set to examine the effects of being bullied. We also explore definitional and measurement issues that confound this line of research. While some researchers have relied on a single/generic item to measure bullying, others have focused on behaviorally specific items. In…
Juvenile attitudes towards the police: The importance of subcultural involvement and community ties
Juvenile Victimization and Delinquency
Family Context and Criminal Victimization in Adolescence
In this article, data from the Denver Youth Survey, a panel study of families in Denver, Colorado, are used to investigate the influence of family factors in predicting adolescent victimization. Statistically controlling for respondents' sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity), we examine the predictive impact on adolescent victimization of family sociodemographic characteristics, family vulnerability to victimization, parental …
School Climate and Violence: Does Immigrant Status Matter?
A growing literature shows that school context is an important predictor of student behavior, above and beyond individual and family characteristics. Limited attention, however, has been given to potential contingencies in this relationship. The aim of this research is to extend previous school-based studies by examining whether and to what extent school context is differentially predictive of violent delinquency for immigrant and nonimmigrant yo…
Beyond the Breakfast Club: Variability in the Effects of Suspensions by School Context
Rather than mitigating behavioral issues, exclusionary school disciplinary practices can actually increase student misbehavior and school dropout. However, the impact these sanctions have on students may vary based on school climate, particularly whether the environment is inclusive or punitive. Relying on a sample of over 2,000 students within 26 schools, we examine whether school climate shapes the impact of suspension on future delinquency and…
The Code of Silence in Schools: An Assessment of a Socio-Ecological Model of Youth’s Willingness to Report School Misbehavior
Socio-ecological models of victimization reporting incorporate normative constraints and instrumental considerations at the individual and contextual levels. Drawing on this model, we explore factors related to students' willingness to report problem behaviors that they might observe in school. Data obtained from student and teacher/administrator surveys and administrative data are used to explore these relationships. We find that individual-leve…
Hispanic and Anglo gang membership in two southwestern cities
Delinquent gangs have attracted the attention of social scientists for most of the twentieth century. The current study presents a systematic comparison of the gang-related attitudes and behavior of youths living in cities of dramatically differing size but subjected to similar cultural forces. Specifically, we explored the attitudes and orientations of gang and nongang eighth grade students living in two southwestern cities with large pluralitie…
Disorganized Crime: The Economics of the Visible Hand
Are There Multiple Paths to Delinquency
Denver Youth Survey, David Huizinga, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Anne Wylie Weiher, Are There Multiple Paths to Delinquency?, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), Vol. 82, No. 1, Symposium on the Causes and Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency (Spring, 1991), pp. 83-118
Juvenile Victimization and Delinquency
Family Context and Criminal Victimization in Adolescence
In this article, data from the Denver Youth Survey, a panel study of families in Denver, Colorado, are used to investigate the influence of family factors in predicting adolescent victimization. Statistically controlling for respondents' sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity), we examine the predictive impact on adolescent victimization of family sociodemographic characteristics, family vulnerability to victimization, parental …
Differences between Gang Girls and Gang Boys: Results from a Multisite Survey
During the past decade, a growing body of literature examining gang girls and the involvement of girls in violence has appeared. In this article, we contribute to this developing literature by using data from a multisite evaluation to explore the extent to which gang girls are similar to or different from gang boys in terms of their attitudes, perceptions of their gangs, and their involvement in ganglike illegal activities. Findings indicate that…
Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When is a Gang a Gang, and Why Does it Matter
The recent explosion in gang research has highlighted the importance of consistent definitions for gang affiliation and gang-related crime. Definitional questions have assumed greater significance in the wake of broad-ranging prevention and intervention strategies. In this article, the authors utilize a sample of approximately 6,000 middle-school students to examine the youth gang phenomenon using five increasingly restrictive membership definiti…
Hispanic and Anglo gang membership in two southwestern cities
Delinquent gangs have attracted the attention of social scientists for most of the twentieth century. The current study presents a systematic comparison of the gang-related attitudes and behavior of youths living in cities of dramatically differing size but subjected to similar cultural forces. Specifically, we explored the attitudes and orientations of gang and nongang eighth grade students living in two southwestern cities with large pluralitie…
Coppin' an attitude
Gang membership and violent victimization
Extant gang research supports an enhancement effect of membership on delinquency; that is, while delinquent youths may be attracted to gangs, it is also true that gang membership increases delinquency among youths and that while delinquency levels decrease after gang membership, they do not decrease to nongang levels. In this paper, we build on this research, examining the relationship between youth gang membership and violent victimization in a …
Gang Membership as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Violent Victimization
Youth gangs and violence have received substantial scholarly and public attention during the past two decades. While most of the extant research on youth gang members has focused on their offending behaviors, few quantitative studies have been conducted to examine the link between gang membership and violent victimization. The current study uses data from a multi-site study of youth to explore potential factors related to this increased risk. The…
Juvenile attitudes towards the police: The importance of subcultural involvement and community ties
Consequences of Being Bullied: Results From a Longitudinal Assessment of Bullying Victimization in a Multisite Sample of American Students
Bullying victimization is part of the adolescent experience in most societies, yet little is known about its consequences. In this article we utilize a multisite, longitudinal data set to examine the effects of being bullied. We also explore definitional and measurement issues that confound this line of research. While some researchers have relied on a single/generic item to measure bullying, others have focused on behaviorally specific items. In…
Correlates and Consequences of Peer Victimization: Gender Differences in Direct and Indirect Forms of Bullying
Research on school-based violence and bullying suggests that males are more likely to be both perpetrators and victims of bullying. Because of this, until recently, the experiences of females have been somewhat overlooked. Evidence suggests, however, that definition and measurement issues may be at play; girls, for instance, are more likely than boys to experience indirect forms of bullying such as teasing. To what extent have the correlates and …
Organized Crime in Our Times
Organized Crime in Our Times provides readers with a clear understanding of organized crime, including its definition and causes, how it is categorized under the law, models to explain its persistence, and the criminal justice response to organized crime, including investigation, prosecution, defense, and sentencing. This book offers a comprehensive survey, including an extensive history of the Mafia in the United States; a legal analysis of the …
School Climate and Violence: Does Immigrant Status Matter?
A growing literature shows that school context is an important predictor of student behavior, above and beyond individual and family characteristics. Limited attention, however, has been given to potential contingencies in this relationship. The aim of this research is to extend previous school-based studies by examining whether and to what extent school context is differentially predictive of violent delinquency for immigrant and nonimmigrant yo…
The Effect of Police Contact: Does Official Intervention Result in Deviance Amplification?
Current police policies are based on assumptions that proactive policing strategies will not only deter crime but will also improve police–community relations. Deterrence theorists argue that general and specific deterrence can be achieved through such policing strategies. Labeling proponents, however, maintain that juveniles stopped and/or arrested by the police, rather than be deterred, will actually engage in more delinquency as a result of th…
Gang Transitions and Transformations in an International Context
The Code of Silence in Schools: An Assessment of a Socio-Ecological Model of Youth’s Willingness to Report School Misbehavior
Socio-ecological models of victimization reporting incorporate normative constraints and instrumental considerations at the individual and contextual levels. Drawing on this model, we explore factors related to students' willingness to report problem behaviors that they might observe in school. Data obtained from student and teacher/administrator surveys and administrative data are used to explore these relationships. We find that individual-leve…
Beyond the Breakfast Club: Variability in the Effects of Suspensions by School Context
Rather than mitigating behavioral issues, exclusionary school disciplinary practices can actually increase student misbehavior and school dropout. However, the impact these sanctions have on students may vary based on school climate, particularly whether the environment is inclusive or punitive. Relying on a sample of over 2,000 students within 26 schools, we examine whether school climate shapes the impact of suspension on future delinquency and…
Delinquency as a Response to Peer Victimization: The Implications of School and Cyberbullying Operationalizations
As criminologists explore the link between bullying victimization and delinquency, they must grapple with measurement issues related to the operationalization of in-school bullying and cyberbullying. Accurately identifying victims has implications for school safety and implementation of policies to reduce the consequences of bullying. Using a longitudinal sample of over 2,000 students, we find youth who do not self-identify as victims of bullying…
Psychology (18 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (13 works) · Criminology (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Juvenile delinquency (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Poison control (8 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (7 works) · Political science (7 works)