Differential Rates of Rural‐urban Delinquency
A Social Control Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9681041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | ROBERT RICHARD LYERLY (Virginia Tech, corresponding author), James K Skipper (Virginia Tech) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 385-399 |
| Publication date | 1981-11-01 |
| 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.1745-9125.1981.tb00424.x |
| OpenAlex | W2121560446 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 11 |
Official statistics and numerous sociological studies indicate that rural areas generate lower rates of delinquency than do urban areas. This study attempts to explain these differential rates by drawing on the social control theory of Hirschi. Questionnaires were administered to a rural and an urban juvenile detention center population to investigate both extent of delin‐quency involvement and degree of commitment to five institutional orders: family, church, school, peers, and formal authority. As hypothesized, the rural sample reported significantly less delinquent activity than the urban sample. Control theory also received support from the data. A strong inverse relationship was found between commitment and delinquency. When intro‐duced as a control variable, commitment specified the original relationship between locality and delinquency. The specified relationships were strongest for rural youth with high commitment and for urban youth with low commitment
Criminology · Demographic economics · Differential (mechanical device · Economics · Informal social control · Juvenile delinquency · Political science · Rural area · Sample (material · Social control · Social control theory · Social science · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2024 (41) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |