Title
Multiethnic comparisons of the predictors of adolescent delinquency among urban adolescents
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Date Issued
January 2011
Date Available
December 2011
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the roles of parental and peer influences on adolescent delinquency in a multiethnic sample of European American, Asian American, and Latino youth. The study utilized survey data on parental monitoring, peer delinquency, and delinquency on 187 high school students (10-12th grade). Overall, we found that when controlling for ethnicity and other demographic variables, both parental monitoring and peer delinquency independently predicted participants‟ delinquency. In addition, peer delinquency functioned as a mediator between parental monitoring and delinquency. Findings from our study also show that correlates of delinquency differ among European American, Asian American, and Latino adolescents. Our findings suggest that prevention and intervention programs should acknowledge ethnic differences and should gauge whether steps can be taken to tailor programming to specific ethnic groups.
Publisher
New University Press
Recommended Citation
Kim, T. E., & Otsuki-Clutter, M. (2011). Multiethnic comparisons of the predictors of adolescent delinquency among urban adolescents. Internet Journal of Criminology.
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Internet Journal of Criminology, 2011.