Black middle class delinquents [[electronic resource] /] / Connie R. Hassett-Walker

• Autore: Hassett-Walker Connie R. <1969->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.36086/220973
• Soggetto topico: African American juvenile delinquents; Middle class - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 associati
• Titolo autorizzato: Black middle class delinquents
• ISBN: 1-59332-542-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814047103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)