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Author: Collier, Nicole Louise
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1. Collier, Nicole Louise
Delinquent by the Dozen: Reexamining the Relationship between Family Size and Offending
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, The Florida State University, 2020
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Size; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth)

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This dissertation contributes to scholarship on families and offending and, more specifically, family size and delinquency, in several ways. It examines the nature of the relationship between family size and delinquency by identifying whether the pattern is positive or negative, significant or nonsignificant, and linear or nonlinear. Multiple indicators of family size are also examined to explore heterogeneity in offending depending on sibling relatedness. To check consistency in the relationship, these patterns are examined across several datasets. This dissertation also explores theoretical pathways that help to explain the family size-delinquency relationship. Specifically, social control and strain measures are tested as mediating mechanisms.

Data for this dissertation come from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. These data have several attributes that make them ideal for this study: they include, for example, large adolescent populations, males and females, and, importantly, comprehensive measures of family size, delinquency, and controls.

Bibliography Citation
Collier, Nicole Louise. Delinquent by the Dozen: Reexamining the Relationship between Family Size and Offending. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, The Florida State University, 2020.
2. Collier, Nicole Louise
Mears, Daniel P.
Delinquent by the Dozen: Youth From Larger Families Engage in More Delinquency--Fact or Myth?
Crime and Delinquency published online (25 April 2022): DOI: 10.1177/00111287221088036.
Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00111287221088036
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Size; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); Siblings

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Studies suggest that there is a linear and positive relationship between family size and delinquency. However, questions exist about this assessment. Drawing on prior scholarship and analyses, we revisit and test the family size-delinquency relationship. We also test whether the effect varies by sibling relatedness. Results indicate no consistent or large criminogenic effect of larger families on delinquency and that the relationship is considerably more complicated than what prior work has identified. Some beneficial effects are identified for children in full biological households, some criminogenic effects are identified for children from non-full biological households, and the relationships are curvilinear. Findings underscore the need to revisit research on family size and delinquency and to take into account sibling relatedness.
Bibliography Citation
Collier, Nicole Louise and Daniel P. Mears. "Delinquent by the Dozen: Youth From Larger Families Engage in More Delinquency--Fact or Myth?" Crime and Delinquency published online (25 April 2022): DOI: 10.1177/00111287221088036.