TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1972//
TI  - Parents, Peers, and Delinquent Action: A Test of the Differential Association Perspective
JO  - American journal of sociology
A1  - Jensen, Gary F.
SP  - 562
EP  - 575
VL  - 78
IS  - 3
N2  - This study attempts to go beyond the well-documented relationship between delinquent associations and involvement in delinquency to a consideration of the independent consequences of delinquent peers, parents, and "delinquent" definitions for delinquent action. The data fail to support Sutherland and Cressey's argument that family life is relevant to delinquency only when "delinquent patterns" are available to copy. Using a variety of measures of availability of deviant patterns, paternal supervision and support were found to be negatively related to delinquency to approximately the same degree under almost all conditions. Moreover, delinquent peers and paternal supervision and support were both found to influence delinquency involvement regardless of definitions favorable and unfavorable to the violation of the law. The family, peers, and definitions relevant to law breaking appear to exert independent effects on delinquency which are not adequately encompassed by etiological perspectives that introduce such definitions as intervening between other important variables and delinquency. (Abstract Adapted from Source: American Journal of Sociology, 1972. Copyright © 1972 by The University of Chicago Press)  Differential Association Theory Delinquency Causes Juvenile Offender Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Female Juvenile Male Juvenile Crime Crime Causes Peer Relations Peer Influence Parental Supervision Family Risk Factors Peer Risk Factors Delinquency Risk Factors Crime Risk Factors 07-02<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-9602
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -