02665nam 2200565 a 450 991045666740332120200520144314.01-59332-542-8(CKB)2550000000035460(EBL)837736(OCoLC)773565166(SSID)ssj0000553334(PQKBManifestationID)11350272(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000553334(PQKBWorkID)10505420(PQKB)10743340(MiAaPQ)EBC837736(Au-PeEL)EBL837736(CaPaEBR)ebr10430489(EXLCZ)99255000000003546020090306d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBlack middle class delinquents[electronic resource] /Connie R. Hassett-WalkerEl Paso LFB Scholarly Pub.20091 online resource (245 p.)Criminal justiceDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-342-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- The Black middle class and crime -- Empirical research on class and crime -- Data and methodology -- Cross-sectional bivariate results -- Cross-sectional multivariate results for Blacks -- Cross-sectional comparative multivariate results -- Longitudinal data and analyses -- In conclusion: acall to fellow criminologists.Most criminal justice research on African Americans focuses on poor Blacks living in poor Black communities. Hassett-Walker expands this focus to middle class Blacks and empirically tests an assertion from Pattillo-McCoy (1999)'s Black Picket Fences--that little difference in delinquency exists between poor versus middle class Black youth. Variables included class status, parent-child interaction, and neighborhood poverty. Parenting behavior and marital disruption were both predictive of delinquency. Having delinquent peers predicted future arrest, suggesting support for differential associatiCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)African American juvenile delinquentsMiddle classUnited StatesElectronic books.African American juvenile delinquents.Middle class364.36086/220973Hassett-Walker Connie R.1969-983133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456667403321Black middle class delinquents2243900UNINA