02632nam 2200553 a 450 991081404710332120230721010156.01-59332-542-8(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 StatesAfrican American juvenile delinquents.Middle class364.36086/220973Hassett-Walker Connie R.1969-1713749MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814047103321Black middle class delinquents4106965UNINA