@article{ref1,
title="Boys to Men: Inequality Dynamics, Spatial Context, and Behavioral Strategies Among Adolescent Males",
journal="Dissertation abstracts international",
year="1997",
author="Bruce, Marino Anton",
volume="58",
number="06",
pages="2396A-2396A",
abstract="AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT:The study of delinquent behavior among disadvantaged groups has a long history in social science, especially sociology. Criminologists have investigated the source and causes of violence among disadvantaged groups through frameworks that assume violence to be a function of a single set of factors at the macro or micro level. Rather than adopting one of these models, I subsume elements of each into a contextual model that recognizes behaviors like violence to be a function of a given social environment. Gender, race and class are key factors because they shape how individuals see themselves and their environment. In this dissertation, I do two things. First, I critically examine existing research, highlighting areas where conceptual voids exist. I then address these gaps by constructing and testing a theoretical model that demonstrates how adolescent males use certain behaviors as strategies of action for self-validation within a given context. Specifically, I examine the connections between local structures of opportunity; influential individual, family and peer factors; and behavioral strategies, including violence. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Marino Anton Bruce; University Microfilms International)African American JuvenileAfrican American MaleAfrican American OffenderAfrican American ViolenceJuvenile DelinquencyJuvenile MaleJuvenile OffenderJuvenile ViolenceMale ViolenceMale OffenderSociocultural FactorsRacial FactorsViolence CausesIndividual Risk FactorsPeer Risk FactorsFamily Risk Factors06-06<p />",
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url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}