Latinx Boys and Juvenile Delinquency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21308743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judy A Van Wyk (0000-0003-4838-1271, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1876-1897 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Crime & Delinquency (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1287 • E-ISSN: 1552-387X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0011128720977457 |
| OpenAlex | W3109933825 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
This study examines Latinx boys in the juvenile justice system and addresses acculturation theory to assess whether or not adjudicated foreign-born Latinx boys are more delinquent than others before adjudication, and whether or not these boys are a bigger burden on the juvenile justice system than others. The present study addresses data and methodological issues that plague the current research using the Ocean Tides Database containing multi-year (1975–2019) cross sectional data for 1,083 adjudicated boys. Multivariate analyses confirm that Latinx immigrant youth who are delinquent pose no greater threats to the American public either before or after adjudication than US-born citizens or other immigrants do. There is minimal support for acculturation theory in explaining behavioral differences between first and second-generation Latinx immigrants
Acculturation · Adjudication · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Economic Justice · Immigration · Juvenile · Juvenile court · Juvenile delinquency · Political science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Wealth Inequality Among Immigrants
The educational enrollment of immigrant youth
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The Trump Hypothesis
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An “immigrant paradox” for adolescent externalizing behavior? Evidence from a national sample
The Adaptation of the Immigrant Second Generation in America
Acculturation and Assimilation
Offending Trajectories Among Native-Born and Foreign-Born Hispanics to Late Middle Age
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |