The Class Structure of Gender and Delinquency
Toward a Power-Control Theory of Common Delinquent Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2210592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Hagan (0000-0002-4262-9822, University of Toronto), A Gillis (0000-0002-7869-0932), A R Gillis, John H Simpson (0009-0008-0637-9978), John Simpson (0000-0002-9773-7441) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1151-1178 |
| Publication date | 1985-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/228206 |
| OpenAlex | W2047449964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 185 |
| References cited | 29 |
Though seldom considered together, class and gender are among the most frequently analyzed correlates of delinquency today. This paper formulates and test a neo-Marxian, class-based, power control theory of gender and delinquency. Using this theory and a prediction made by Bonger more than a half-century ago, the article demonstrates that the relationship between gender and common forms of delinquency declines with each step down the class structure. Furthermore, where this relationship is strongest, it can be statistically removed by taking theoretically predicted variables into account. A power-control theory does much to specify and explain the class struture of gender and delinquency, and in doing so it demostrates the social bases of this relationship
Class (philosophy) · Control (management) · Criminology · Juvenile delinquency · Political science · Power (physics) · Social class · Social control · Social control theory · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Conflict over Consensus
Class Power, Class Mobilization, and Class Voting
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Theoretical Integration in Criminology
Explaining Deviance by Adolescent Females
Gender, Interaction, and Delinquency
Gender Stratification and Mental Health
Where There's a Will, There's No Way
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Crack Dealing, Gender, and Arrest Avoidance
When Crime Pays
Patterns of Parental Independence Giving to Adolescents
Deterrence and Amplification of Juvenile Delinquency by Police Contact
White-Collar Crime and Punishment
Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior
Jugend, Recht und Kriminalität
Power Control Theory
Delinquency, Sociology of
Crime and Gender
Gewaltschutz in Geflüchtetenunterkünften
Labeling and Stigma
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The Gender Gap in Theories of Deviance
Classification for Effective Rehabilitation
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Gender Differences in Youth Exposure to Community Violence
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The Meaning of Criminology
Attachment, masculinity, and self-control
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Female crime in the United States
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Risk and Religion
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Marxist Class Categories and Income Inequality
Correlates of Delinquency
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| Unique citing works | 185 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,51 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2026 (42) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 164 |