Age Differences in Delinquency
A Test of Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9680929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Randy L Lagrange (University of North Carolina Wilmington, corresponding author), Helene Raskin White (0000-0002-4045-6585, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-45 |
| Publication date | 1985-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1985.tb00324.x |
| OpenAlex | W2073461340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 50 |
| References cited | 39 |
This study tests an integrated theoretical model of delinquency on a representative sample of 341 male New Jersey adolescents. The model is a modified version of Hirschi's control theory that integrates, in part, cultural deviance theory. This study addresses two questions: (1) how well does the theory explain delinquency within different adolescent age groups? and (2) does the salience of individual components in the model differ from one age group to another? Path analysis indicates that parameter estimates vary substantially across age groups The influence of parents and the school peak considerably in midadolescence while the influence of delinquent companions is greatest among the oldest male group. The findings indicate that the processes related to delinquency change considerably as youths age through adolescence, thus implying that the issue of “age generalizability” warrants greater attention than presently given in delinquency theory and research
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Deviance (statistics · Generalizability theory · Juvenile delinquency · Path analysis (statistics · Salience (neuroscience · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Jugend, Recht und Kriminalität
A Longitudinal Test of Social Learning Theory
Gender, Self-Control, and Crime
Gender and Crime among Felony Offenders
A Longitudinal Test of Social Control Theory and Delinquency
Age Trends in the Association between Parenting Practices and Conduct Problems
Incarcerated Chinese Men. Their Life Experiences and Criminal Onset
Low Self-Control and Delinquent Behavior Among Caribbean Youths
Developmental Variation in the Context of Marijuana Initiation among Adolescents
Class, Compliance Structures, and Delinquency
The Parental and Peer Contexts of Adolescent Deviance
Parental and Peer Characteristics as Modifiers of the Bond-Behavior Relationship
Toward a Developmental Criminology
Age, Social Learning, and Social Bonding in Adolescent Substance Use
Girls' Self-Perception of Reputation and Delinquent Involvement
Bonding to Youth Clubs and Delinquency
Constructing and Testinga Multiple-Theory (Integrated) Model of Juvenile Delinquency
Parental Attachment and Adolescent Cigarette Smoking Initiation
Familial Religiosity, Family Processes, and Juvenile Delinquency in a National Sample of Early Adolescents
Investigating the age effects of family structure on adolescent Marijuana use
Reintegration or stigmatization? Offenders’ expectations of community re-entry
Strain, anger, and delinquent adaptations Specifying general strain theory
Parents, peers, and low self-control
The impact of parental controls on delinquency
An Assessment of Gender Effects in Self Report Delinquency
Age‐varying Effects of Family, School, and Peers on Delinquency
Religion and Crime Reexamined
Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency
An Empirical Test of General Strain Theory
Longitudinal Predictors of Serious Substance Use and Delinquency
Family Relationships and Delinquency
School Bonding, Race, and Delinquency
Violent Delinquents and Urban Youths
Low Self‐control and Opportunity
Parental Efficacy and Delinquent Behavior
Family Bonding and Delinquency
The Effects of Age and Gender on Parental Control and Delinquency
A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Power-Control Theory and Single-Mother Families
Male-Female Delinquency in the Philippines
Complexity in the Relationships among Direct And Indirect Parental Controls and Delinquency
The effects of gender, age, and parental attachment on delinquency
Social Bonding and Delinquency
Social Control Theory as a Theory of Conformity
Making It Count
Age and Gender Differerences In a Social Process Model of Adolescent Cigarette Use
Social class differences in parental and peer influence on adolescent drug use
She's Puttin' Pressure on Me to Do Somethin
Religion, social bonds, and delinquency
The Impacts of Self-Control and Social Bonds on Juvenile Delinquency in a National Sample of Midadolescents
Elaborating the relationship between age and adolescent cigarette smoking
Family relationships and delinquent behavior.
Adolescent aggression
Social Relations in a Secondary School
Applied Regression
Delinquency and the age structure of society
Social Disorganization and Stake in Conformity
The School Class as a Social System
Family Culture Patterns and Delinquent-Type Behavior
New Light on Delinquency and Its Treatment.”
Principles of Path Analysis
The commitment of delinquents to their misdeeds
Sex and Deviance
Evaluating Two Models of Delinquency Causation Structural Theory and Control Theory
Social Control and Social Learning Models of Delinquent Behavior a Synthesis
Control Theory Reexamined
School Commitment, Youth Rebellion, and Delinquency
Sex Differences in Delinquency
Affective Ties and Delinquency
Investigating the Interrelations among Social Control Variables and Conformity
The American occupational structure
Social Control Theory and Delinquency
The Sexual Stratification of Social Control
Black-White Differences in Educational Attainment
The Decomposition of Effects in Path Analysis
Socio-Economic Class and Area as Correlates of Illegal Behavior Among Juveniles
Testing Control Theory and Differential Association
Poverty in America
The Distribution of Juvenile Delinquency in the Social Class Structure
Social Control Theory and Delinquency
Gender Roles and Delinquency
Childhood Deviance as a Developmental Process
Causes of Delinquency
A Reassessment of Middle Class Delinquency
The Historical Triangulation of Family, Economy, and Education
Parents, Peers, and Delinquent Action
| Unique citing works | 50 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2025 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |