TY  - GEN
AB  - In a life course theoretical framework the mechanisms leading to inequality are differentiated into
cumulative disadvantage and cumulative advantage (Ferraro, Shippee, & Schafer, 2009). This study
focuses on the mechanisms accounting for a selection into criminogenic contexts addressed as cumulative
disadvantage processes in the age graded theory of informal social control by Sampson and Laub (1993).
Therefore it is examined weather the social bonds (to family, peers, and school) mediate the influence of
propensity (low self-control) on delinquent behavior. The data analyzed comes from the first two waves
of a German youth study from the project A2 called "chances and risks in the life course". In total 871
juveniles completed an anonymous self-report survey in the cities Dortmund and Nuremberg. The results
of the structural equation model show at least moderate support for the theoretical assumptions.
DA  - 2014
KW  - Life Course Theory
KW  - Cumulative Disadvantage
KW  - Age Graded Theory of Informal
Social Control
KW  - Delinquency
KW  - Mediation
LA  - eng
PY  - 2014
SN  - 2193-9624
TI  - Selection into criminogenic contexts by personal heterogeneity and its effects on delinquency
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-27124194
Y2  - 2024-11-22T04:42:03
ER  -