@article{ref1,
title="The Effects of Self-Control, Gang Membership, and Parental Attachment/Identification on Police Contacts Among Latino and African American Youths",
journal="International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology",
year="2012",
author="Flexon, Jamie L. and Greenleaf, Richard G. and Lurigio, Arthur J.",
volume="56",
number="2",
pages="218-238",
abstract="This study assessed the correlates of self-control and police contact in a sample of Chicago public high school students. The investigation examined the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, and peer association on self-control and the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, peer association, and self-control on police contact. Differences between African American and Latino youth on the predictors of the two dependent measures were tested in separate regression models. Weak parental attachment/identification and gang affiliation (peer association) predicted low self-control among all students. Among African American youth, only weak maternal attachment/identification predicted low self-control; both weak maternal attachment/identification and gang affiliation predicted low self-control among Latino youth. Gang affiliation predicted police stops (delinquency) among African Americans but not among Latinos. However, both African American and Latino students with lower self-control were more likely to be stopped by the police than those with higher self-control.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-624X",
doi="10.1177/0306624X10394116",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X10394116"
}