Delinquency Research Research Articles

Who are the most-cited scholars in major American criminology and criminal justice journals?

The analysis of citations makes it possible to identify influential scholars and topics during particular time periods. The advantages and problems of using citations are reviewed, and it is concluded that they provide a reasonably valid measure of the influence and prestige of scholars. The number of different articles (or books) in which a scholar is cited, however, may be a better measure than the total number of citations. The most-cited authors in six major American criminology and criminal justice journals in 1986–1990 (excluding self-citations) were determined. Travis Hirschi was most-cited in Criminology and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Marvin E. Wolfgang in Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Francis T. Cullen in Justice Quarterly, Robert M. Regoli in Journal of Criminal Justice, and Edwin I. Megargee in Criminal Justice and Behavior. Over all six journals, the most-cited authors were Marvin E. Wolfgang, Michael J. Hindelang, and Alfred Blumstein. Their influence was connected with the perceived importance of criminal career research and the longitudinal method, measuring crime and delinquency, and the prestigious National Academy of Sciences panel reports.

Some Thoughts on the Future of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Some Thoughts on the Future of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Obstacles to the Development of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Obstacles to the Development of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Descriptions and Predictions: Three Problems for the Future of Criminological Research

The author argues that research in crime and delinquency will become more sophisticated. Philosophical, theoretical, and empirical problems related to overgeneralization, narrow conception, and hazardous collinearity are brought into focus in a discussion of research on criminal behavior.

THE APPLICABILITY OF THE INTEGRATED SOCIAL CONTROL MODEL TO PUERTO RICAN DRUG USE

ABSTRACT Although the Integrated Social Control (ISC) model, developed by Elliott and associates to explain deviant behavior, has had a powerful influence in the field of criminology, it has been less often applied to drug use. The use of the ISC model with non-white populations is particularly important because delinquency and drag-use research has not generally addressed the question raised by ethnographic studies concerning the extent to which the deviant behavior of specific ethnic groups can be modeled with a general theory. This study uses data from a survey of inner-city Puerto Rican male adolescents to replicate Elliott et al.'s analytical model of deviance, based on an integration of social control, social learning and strain theories. Taking Elliott et al.'s path model results as a starting point, using the same measures developed for their National Youth Survey, and applying the results of previous ethnographic research on the cultural specificity of the Hispanic family and on the relationships...

Delinquency in Sweden: Current Trends and Theoretical Implications

The proportion of youth involved in delinquency has remained relatively constant in Sweden over the past few years but with a small proportion accounting for an increasing number of offenses. A comprehensive review of Swedish Delinquency research is offered. That research suggests that the pattern of delinquency observed in Sweden is the result of a combination of greater opportunity to commit crime and weaker social controls. The process by which these factors impact delinquency is discussed in terms of patterns of role relationships. Delinquent youth are most characterized as having a high degree of physical independence (choice) to interact in a limited number of roles (scope). Given the absence of other social and personal responsibilities, there is a high degree of frequency of interaction with the peer group. The lack of inter-generational group overlap increases the viability of the peer group's definition of the situation. While the social system can physically manipulate the opportunity structure, the need exists to deal with the social integration of youth, the differential impact of parenting styles and, in general, the emancipation and emotional needs of youth. If opportunity makes the thief, the interpersonal factors around the thief define the opportunity.

The Integrated Social Control Model and Ethnicity

Delinquency research has not generally addressed the question raised by ethnographic studies concerning the extent to which the delinquency of specific ethnic groups can be modeled with a general theory. This study uses data from a survey of inner-city Puerto Rican American male adolescents to replicate Elliott, Huizinga, and Ageton's analytical model of delinquency based on an integration of social control, social learning, and strain theories. Taking as a point of departure Elliott and associates' path model results, and using the same measures developed for their National Youth Survey, the study applies the results of previous ethnographic research on the cultural specificity of the Hispanic family and on the relationships between conventional institutions and adolescent peer groups in inner cities to hypothesize a different model of delinquent involvement among Puerto Rican inner-city youths. The results generally verify the posited model, indicating that among Puerto Rican American adolescents, family bonding is a more important influence on delinquency whereas peer bonding is less important than is the case in the national sample of more affluent White youths. However, the most influential factors found in the National Youth Survey are also powerful predictors among Puerto Rican American youth.

Are There Multiple Paths to Delinquency?

Criminological research and theory generally proceed with the orientation, if not the assumption, that delinquency is the result of some series of events common to all delinquents. While some attention has been given to the concepts of typologies, multiple pathways, and different developmental sequences leading to different outcomes, rarely have these concepts been pursued empirically. This paper uses * This research was supported by grants from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (Grant No. 86-JN-CX-0006) and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (Grant No. RO-DA-05183). Points of view or opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of these agencies. We are indebted to Linda P. Cunningham, Meg Dyer, Amanda Elliott, Linda K. Kuhn, Judy Armstrong Laurie, Deantha Ashby Menon,-Judy D. Perry, and Silvia Portillo, the dedicated research staff, without whom the data could never have been collected, nor the data so meticulously prepared for analysis. ** David Huizinga is a Research Associate at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado. Over the past several years, he has been involved in research on social problems and currently is Co-principle Investigator of the National Youth Survey and Principle Investigator of the Denver Youth Survey, which are longitudinal studies of the causes and correlates of delinquency, drug use, and other social problems. Recent publications have appeared in Criminology,Justice Quarterly,Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Social Science Research. He also recently co-authored Multiple Problem Youth (with Delbert Elliott and Scott Menard). Finn-aage Esbensen is a Research Associate at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado. He is currently an Investigator on the Denver Youth Survey, a longitudinal survey on the causes and correlates of delinquency, drug use, and other social problems. Recent publications have appeared injustice Quarterly, Quality and Quantity, and the American Journal of Police. He recently co-authored Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context (with Stephen E. Brown and Gilbert Geis). Anne Wylie Weiher is a Research Associate at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado. She is currently involved in a longitudinal research project examining the causes and correlates of delinquency, drug use, and other social problems. Prior research focused on psychological aspects of cancer. Recent publications have appeared in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Medical Anthropology.

Research on Drugs and Crime

Previous articleNext article No AccessResearch on Drugs and CrimeMichael TonryMichael Tonry Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Crime and Justice Volume 131990Drugs and Crime Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/449171 Views: 18Total views on this site Citations: 6Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1990 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Marco Dugato, Francesco Calderoni, Giulia Berlusconi Forecasting Organized Crime Homicides: Risk Terrain Modeling of Camorra Violence in Naples, Italy, Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35, no.19-2019-20 (Jun 2017): 4013–4039.https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517712275Valerio Baćak, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim The Effect of Serious Offending on Health: A Marginal Structural Model, Society and Mental Health 9, no.11 (Oct 2018): 18–32.https://doi.org/10.1177/2156869318800137Rob Lovering Harm-Based Arguments, (Jan 2015): 67–92.https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137528681_3Travis A. Taniguchi, Jerry H. Ratcliffe, Ralph B. Taylor Gang Set Space, Drug Markets, and Crime around Drug Corners in Camden, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 48, no.33 (Feb 2011): 327–363.https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427810393016Mark Warr Companions in Crime, (Jun 2012).https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803956John R. Dugan, Ronald S. Everett An Experimental Test of Chemical Dependency Therapy for Jail Inmates, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 42, no.44 (Jul 2016): 360–368.https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X9804200407

Recent trends in delinquency research: developmental and feminist perspectives

Recent trends in delinquency research: developmental and feminist perspectives

On Cultural Explanations of Southern Homicide: Comment on Dixon and Lizotte

Previous articleNext article No AccessCommentary and DebateOn Cultural Explanations of Southern Homicide: Comment on Dixon and LizotteJay Corzine and Lin Huff-CorzineJay Corzine Search for more articles by this author and Lin Huff-Corzine Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 95, Number 1Jul., 1989 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/229219 Views: 9Total views on this site Citations: 15Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1989 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Jessica M. Doucet, Julia M. D’Antonio-Del Rio, Chantel D. Chauvin G.R.I.T.S., Journal of Interpersonal Violence 29, no.55 (Oct 2013): 806–823.https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260513505707Patricia L. McCall, Kenneth C. Land, Karen F. Parker An Empirical Assessment of What We Know About Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates: A Return to a Classic 20 Years Later, Homicide Studies 14, no.33 (May 2010): 219–243.https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767910371166Matthew R. Lee, Shaun A. Thomas, Graham C. Ousey Southern Culture and Homicide: Examining the Cracker Culture/Black Rednecks Thesis, Deviant Behavior 31, no.11 (Dec 2009): 60–96.https://doi.org/10.1080/01639620902854761Wesley G. Jennings, Alex R. Piquero Trajectories of non-intimate partner and intimate partner homicides, 1980-1999: The importance of rurality, Journal of Criminal Justice 36, no.55 (Sep 2008): 435–443.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2008.07.002Timothy C. Hayes, Matthew R. Lee THE SOUTHERN CULTURE OF HONOR AND VIOLENT ATTITUDES, Sociological Spectrum 25, no.55 (Aug 2006): 593–617.https://doi.org/10.1080/02732170500174877Jon Gunnar Bernburg, Thorolfur Thorlindsson Violent Values, Conduct Norms, and Youth Aggression: A Multilevel Study in Iceland, The Sociological Quarterly 46, no.33 (Dec 2016): 457–478.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00022.xEllen G. Cohn, James Rotton, Amy G. Peterson, Deborah B. Tarr Temperature, City Size, and the Southern Subculture of Violence: Support for Social Escape/Avoidance (SEA) Theory1, Journal of Applied Social Psychology 34, no.88 (Aug 2004): 1652–1674.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02792.xMatthew R. Lee, John P. Bartkowski Civic Participation, Regional Subcultures, and Violence, Homicide Studies 8, no.11 (Jul 2016): 5–39.https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767903256528Mari A. Dewees, Karen F. Parker Women, Region, and Types of Homicide, Homicide Studies 7, no.44 (Jul 2016): 368–393.https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767903256462Christopher G. Ellison, Jeffrey A. Burr, Patricia L. Mccall The Enduring Puzzle of Southern Homicide, Homicide Studies 7, no.44 (Jul 2016): 326–352.https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767903256463Steven Stack Southernness, migration, and homicide risk: An analysis of individual-level data, American Journal of Criminal Justice 26, no.22 (Mar 2002): 165–179.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02887825B. B. Benda Religion and Violent Offenders in Boot Camp: A Structural Equation Model, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 39, no.11 (Feb 2002): 91–121.https://doi.org/10.1177/002242780203900104MARIAN J. BORG The Southern Subculture of Punitiveness? Regional Variation in Support for Capital Punishment, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 34, no.11 (Aug 2016): 25–45.https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427897034001003Tom W. Rice, Carolyn R. Goldman Another look at the subculture of violence thesis: Who murders whom and under what circumstances, Sociological Spectrum 14, no.44 (Jul 2010): 371–384.https://doi.org/10.1080/02732173.1994.9982077F. Frederick Hawley, Steven F. Messner The southern violence construct: A review of arguments, evidence, and the normative context, Justice Quarterly 6, no.44 (Aug 2006): 481–511.https://doi.org/10.1080/07418828900090351

Life events of adolescents in relation to personal and parental substance abuse.

The author examined the life events reported by 138 adolescents in relation to their own and their parents' alcohol and/or drug use. The 62 adolescents who were substance abusers reported more negative events involving deviance and emotional distress and evaluated the life events they experienced as less desirable than did the 76 nonabusing adolescents. Substance-abusing adolescents and the 31 nonabusing adolescents with substance-abusing parents experienced comparable numbers of stressful life experiences; however, the type and qualitative features of the events differed. Adolescents with substance abuse in only one family generation experienced more emotional distress than those with substance use patterns consistent across generations.

Considering Sex Offenders: A Model of Addiction

Previous articleNext article No AccessConsidering Sex Offenders: A Model of AddictionJudith Lewis HermanJudith Lewis Herman Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Signs Volume 13, Number 4Summer, 1988 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/494464 Views: 20Total views on this site Citations: 20Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1988 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Frederick Toates A motivation model of sex addiction – Relevance to the controversy over the concept, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 142 (Nov 2022): 104872.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104872Amy E. Street, Christina M. Dardis Using a social construction of gender lens to understand gender differences in posttraumatic stress disorder, Clinical Psychology Review 66 (Dec 2018): 97–105.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.03.001Ella Cockbain, Danielle M. Reynald Introduction to the special edition ‘Child sexual abuse: analysis and intervention’, Crime Science 5, no.11 (Apr 2016).https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-016-0052-yAndrew E. Brankley, Alasdair M. Goodwill, Kylie S. Reale Escalation from Fetish Burglaries to Sexual Violence: A Retrospective Case Study of Former Col., D. Russell Williams, Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 11, no.22 (Nov 2013): 115–135.https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1406Sheila Garos, M. Kathryn Bleckley, James K. Beggan, Jason Frizzell Intrapsychic Conflict and Deviant Sexual Behavior in Sex Offenders, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 40, no.1-21-2 (Dec 2004): 23–40.https://doi.org/10.1300/J076v40n01_02Kimberly Hanson Breitenbecher Sexual revictimization among women, Aggression and Violent Behavior 6, no.44 (Jul 2001): 415–432.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1359-1789(00)00014-8Patrick J. Carries The silent partner: Special populations and sex addiction, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 6, no.11 (Jan 1999): 1–4.https://doi.org/10.1080/10720169908400173Barry Trute Going beyond gender-specific treatments in wife battering: Pro-feminist couple and family therapy, Aggression and Violent Behavior 3, no.11 (Mar 1998): 1–15.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1359-1789(96)00030-4Joanne T. Ehrmin No more mother blaming: A feminist nursing perspective on the mother's role in father-daughter incest, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 10, no.44 (Aug 1996): 252–260.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0883-9417(96)80031-8Patrick J. Carnes Addiction or compulsion: Politics or illness?, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 3, no.22 (Apr 1996): 127–150.https://doi.org/10.1080/10720169608400107Carol J. Ross A qualitative study of sexually addicted women, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 3, no.11 (Jan 1996): 43–53.https://doi.org/10.1080/10720169608400099James R. Worling Adolescent Sex Offenders against Females: Differences Based on the Age of Their Victims, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 39, no.33 (Sep 2016): 276–293.https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X9503900308Judith Lewis Herman Complex PTSD, (Jan 1995): 87–100.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1034-9_6Carol Adams Toward a Feminist Theology of Religion and the State, Theology & Sexuality 1995, no.22 (Apr 2015): 61–83.https://doi.org/10.1177/135583589500100204Judith Lewis Herman Father—Daughter Incest, (Jan 1993): 593–600.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2820-3_50Liza Bingley Miller, Terry Fisher Some obstacles to the effective investigation and registration of children at risk—issues gleaned from a worker's perspective, Journal of Social Work Practice 6, no.22 (Sep 1992): 129–140.https://doi.org/10.1080/02650539208413495Judith Lewis Herman Complex PTSD: A syndrome in survivors of prolonged and repeated trauma, Journal of Traumatic Stress 5, no.33 (Jul 1992): 377–391.https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.2490050305Michele Bograd VALUES IN CONFLICT: CHALLENGES TO FAMILY THERAPISTS' THINKING, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 18, no.33 (Jun 2007): 245–256.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1992.tb00937.xRUTH D. PETERSON, WILLIAM C. BAILEY Rape and Dimensions of Gender Socioeconomic Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 29, no.22 (Aug 2016): 162–177.https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427892029002004Mary Crawford, Jeanne Marecek Feminist Theory, Feminist Psychology: A Bibliography of Epistemology, Critical Analysis, and Applications, Psychology of Women Quarterly 13, no.44 (Nov 2016): 477–491.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1989.tb01015.x

DIRECT PARENTAL CONTROLS AND DELINQUENCY*

Until recently, “direct controls” by parents have been summarily dismissed by delinquency researchers as theoretically and empirically unimportant. Although prior research indicates that various measures of direct parental controls (e.g., the amount of time spent interacting with parents) are related to delinquency, the correlations are uniformly weak and often not significant. However, when the term “direct control” is reconceptualized to include specific components—normative regulation, monitoring, and punishment—the results indicate that direct controls by parents have as great an impact on delinquency as that of “direct controls” or parental “attachments.” Further, the results suggest that the form of the relation between direct controls and delinquency is not simple, direct, and linear. Depending on which specific component of direct control is examined, its relationship to delinquency may be either linear or nonlinear, positive or inverse.

Predelinquent Student Subcultures in Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Junior High School Students and Adults

[Editor's Note]: Professor Masami Yajima is a graduate of Chuo University in Tokyo, majoring in Sociology. Currently he is an Associate Professor at Taisho University in Tokyo. Professor Yajima is very active in research in juvenile delinquency. Since 1975, he has published more than three dozen articles in leading Japanese sociological journals and crime- and delinquency-related publications. He has also extensively contributed to books and academic bulletins. Professor Yajima is also active in professional societies, serving, for example, as Director of General Affairs for the Japanese Association of Sociological Criminology, and as Director in the Yokohama Conference of Community Education for Children. In March 1988, the Department of Administration of Justice at The Wichita State University welcomed Professor Yajima to the campus as a visiting professor for a year. Since his arrival, Professor Yajima has entered into collaborative research with American colleagues and has devoted himself to the task ...

The Minimum Wage Law and Youth Crimes: Time-Series Evidence

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Minimum Wage Law and Youth Crimes: Time-Series EvidenceMasanori HashimotoMasanori Hashimoto Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Law and Economics Volume 30, Number 2Oct., 1987 Sponsored by The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and The University of Chicago Law School Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/467144 Views: 50Total views on this site Citations: 28Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1987 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Zachary S. Fone, Joseph J. Sabia, Resul Cesur The unintended effects of minimum wage increases on crime, Journal of Public Economics 219 (Mar 2023): 104780.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104780Nicolás Corona Juárez, Henrik Urdal, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati The significance of age structure, education, and youth unemployment for explaining subnational variation in violent youth crime in Mexico, Conflict Management and Peace Science 39, no.11 (Aug 2020): 49–73.https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894220946324Pallab Ghosh, Kevin Grier, Jaeho Kim Heterogeneous endogeneity, Statistical Papers 62, no.22 (Jun 2019): 847–886.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00362-019-01116-9Chae M. Jaynes The Relationship between Job Quality and Crime: Examining Heterogeneity in Treatment and Treatment Effect, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 57, no.66 (Apr 2020): 693–740.https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427820918899Pallab K. Ghosh, Gary A. Hoover, Zexuan Liu Do State Minimum Wages Affect the Incarceration Rate?, Southern Economic Journal 86, no.33 (Sep 2019): 845–872.https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12400Christine Braun Crime and the minimum wage, Review of Economic Dynamics 32 (Apr 2019): 122–152.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2019.02.002Fraser Summerfield Local Labour Markets and Theft: New Evidence from Canada, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 108 (Aug 2018).https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12256Amanda Y. mname Agan, Michael D. mname Makowsky The Minimum Wage, EITC, and Criminal Recidivism, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2018).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3097203Jose Fernandez, Thomas Holman, John V. Pepper The Impact of Living-Wage Ordinances on Urban Crime, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 53, no.33 (Jun 2014): 478–500.https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12065Andrew Beauchamp, Stacey Chan The Minimum Wage and Crime, The B.E. 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Victim Injury and Death in Urban Robbery: A Chicago Study

ROBBERY, the taking of property by force or threat of force, is a major problem in its own right and a central issue in the analysis of violent crime in America. Robbery is a property crime, unlike theft and burglary, that frequently threatens the physical security of its victim.' Robbery is a crime of violence that strikes many more victims than rape2 and reaches across boundaries of social distance far more often than aggravated assault.3 Robbery is the stranger-to-stranger crime that most frequently results in victim death and injury in the United States.4 This paper reports the first systematic comparison of noninjury, injury, and fatal robberies in a big city setting. The first section of this report addresses our empirical findings, including estimates of the volume of robbery killing in Chicago, an analysis of patterns of robbery killing, an examination of patterns of robberies that cause injury, and a preliminary

On the statistical testing of causal ordering in delinquency research

On the statistical testing of causal ordering in delinquency research

A Revised Strain Theory of Delinquency

Current strain theories argue that delinquency results from the blockage of goalseeking behavior. Unable to achieve valued goals, individuals become frustrated and may turn to delinquency as a result. This paper points to another major source of frustration and delinquency, the blockage of pain-avoidance behavior. Adolescents are compelled to remain in certain environments, such as family and school. If these environments are painful or aversive, there is little that adolescents can do legally to escape. This blockage of pain-avoidance behavior is likely to be frustrating and may lead to illegal escape attempts or anger-based delinquency. This theory is tested using data from a national sample of adolescent boys. Data indicate that location in aversive school and family environments has a direct effect on delinquency and an indirect effect through anger. These effects hold even after social control and subcultural deviance variables are controlled. Given the weak support for traditional strain theories based on the blockage of goal-seeking behavior, these data suggest a new direction for the development of strain theory. Strain theory is based on the idea that delinquency results when individuals are unable to achieve their goals through legitimate channels. In such cases, individuals may turn to illegitimate channels of goal achievement or strike out at the source of their frustration in anger. This is an appealing idea and it is not surprising that strain theory has had a major impact on delinquency research and public policy (Liska,b). Recent research, however, has been critical of strain theory or, at best, has provided only mixed support for the theory. This has led a number of researchers to call for either the abandonment or revision of strain theory (Elliott et al.; Hirschi; Kornhauser). This paper reviews the criticisms of current strain theories, examines some recent efforts to revise these theories, and then presents a new revision of strain theory based on the idea that delinquency results from the blockage of pain-avoidance behavior. This new revision is tested using data from a national sample of adolescent boys.

Age and Crime, Logic and Scholarship: Comment on Greenberg

Previous articleNext article No AccessAge and Crime, Logic and Scholarship: Comment on GreenbergTravis Hirschi, and Michael GottfredsonTravis Hirschi Search for more articles by this author , and Michael Gottfredson Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 91, Number 1Jul., 1985 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/228243 Views: 14Total views on this site Citations: 24Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1985 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:David F. Greenberg Criminal Careers: Discrete or Continuous?, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 2, no.11 (Mar 2016): 5–44.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-016-0029-2Wesley G. Jennings, Jennifer M. 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