Immigrant Background and Crime Among Young People
An Examination of the Importance of Delinquent Friends Based on National Self-Report Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2329355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Svensson (0000-0002-6080-2780, Malmö University, corresponding author), David Shannon (0000-0002-0272-7970, National Council for Crime Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1335-1355 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Youth & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0044118x20942248 |
| OpenAlex | W3044713652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 46 |
In this article we examine whether different agents of socialization-family, school, and peers-are differentially associated with offending among different immigrant groups. Our expectation is to find that the association between delinquent friends and offending is stronger for first- and second-generation immigrants than for youths of native Swedish background. We use data from four nationally representative self-report studies of 21,504 adolescents with an average age of 15 years in Sweden. The results show that both first- and second-generation immigrants report committing more offenses than natives. The association is rather weak and the two predictors account for only a marginal amount of the variance in total offending. The results also show that the association between delinquent friends and offending is stronger for both first- and second-generation immigrants than for natives
Association (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Immigration · Juvenile delinquency · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Socialization · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |