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Socioeconomic Status, Subcultural Definitions, and Violent Delinquency

Karen Heimer·1997·Social Forces
DOI 10.1093/sf/75.3.799
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This article examines the theoretical links between socioeconomic status and violent delinquency. The arguments draw on work on social structure and personality and learning theories of crime and delinquency. Hypotheses derived from the resulting explanation are tested using covariance structure models and panel data from a national sample of males. Consistent with these arguments, the results show that violent delinquency is a product of learning definitions favorable to violence, which itself is determined directly and indirectly by association with aggressive peers, socioeconomic status, parenting practices, and prior violent delinquency. The article concludes that explanations of violent adolescent behavior must take into account the joint contributions of social stratification and culture.

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Authors
Heimer, K.
Venue
Social Forces
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
1997-03-01
Volume
75
Issue
3
Pages
799-799
ISSN
0037-7732 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1093/sf/75.3.799
OpenAlex
W2010718328
Cited by
278
References
78
FWCI
29.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
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