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Source: Journal of Crime and Justice
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McCartan, Lisa Marie Gunnison, Elaine |
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Examining the Origins and Influence of Low Self-Control Journal of Crime and Justice 30,1 (2007): 35-62 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Society of Police and Criminal Psychology Keyword(s): Behavior, Antisocial; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Self-Regulation/Self-Control Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. According to Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime, ineffective parenting results in low self-control. Low self-control is the critical factor in the occurrence of delinquent behavior. Moffitt's Interactional Theory of Offending also posits that low self-control is related to delinquent and criminal behavior in the form of poor behavioral regulation. Moffitt, however, argues that prenatal injury is the underlying cause of low self-control. In this study, data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child version are used to examine these competing hypotheses. The results indicate that prenatal injury encapsulated within a poor rearing environment is predictive of low self-control. Both parenting factors and low self-control are predictive of late adolescent delinquency. The implications of these findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Crime & Justice is the property of Pilgrimage, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts) |
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McCartan, Lisa Marie and Elaine Gunnison. "Examining the Origins and Influence of Low Self-Control." Journal of Crime and Justice 30,1 (2007): 35-62.
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Mitchell, Ojmarrh |
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The Effect of Drug Arrest on Subsequent Drug Offending and Social Bonding Journal of Crime and Justice 39,1 (2016): 174-188. Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0735648X.2015.1087145 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group Keyword(s): Arrests; Crime; Drug Use; Educational Attainment; Income; Labor Force Participation; Racial Differences; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. An enduring legacy of the war on drugs is a law enforcement emphasis on arresting low-level drug offenders. Policymakers assert that drug arrests reduce subsequent drug offending; yet, scant research assesses the specific deterrent effects of drug arrest. Likewise, little research examines the collateral consequences of drug arrest on measures of social bonding. NLSY97 data were used to examine the effect of drug arrest on drug offending (marijuana use, hard drug use, drug sales) and social bonding (highest grade, weeks employed, annual income). Results indicate that drug arrest did not reduce any measure of drug offending but had considerable negative consequences on blacks' employment outcomes. These findings suggest that recent policy proposals to de-emphasize low-level drug arrests are unlikely to increase drug offending and may reduce the negative collateral consequences of drug arrest at least for blacks. |
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Mitchell, Ojmarrh. "The Effect of Drug Arrest on Subsequent Drug Offending and Social Bonding." Journal of Crime and Justice 39,1 (2016): 174-188.
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