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Familial Influence on the Exchange of Sex for Drugs or Money Among Teens: An Exploratory Study

McNeal, Brittani A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1342792097

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2012, Master of Science in Criminal Justice (MSCJ), Bowling Green State University, Criminal Justice.
Research related to juvenile prostitution has consistently highlighted risks factors such as runaway behavior, child abuse, and a broken home. There is reason to believe, however, that other less frequently studied variables might also contribute to the probability of involvement of adolescents in prostitution, namely, parental influences, such as their involvement in prosocial activities with children. This study used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolecent Health (Add Health), Wave I, 1994-1995 from UNC to explore whether there was a relationship between parental involvement and levels of involvement in juvenile prostitution. To determine the significance of this relationship, a Spearman's rank correlation test and a multinomial logistics regression analyses were conducted. The independent variable was an average of the activities done by mom and dad (indicated by the juvenile), while the dependent variable consisted of three levels of involvement in juvenile prostitution (infrequent, occasional, and active). Several demographic variable (sex, race, and age) and behavioral variables (runaway behavior and lying to parents) were controlled in the analyses. As hypothesized, parental involvement was found to decrease the likelihood of respondents engaging in juvenile prostitution. Juveniles who were less likely to be actively involved in prostitution were more likely to be female, nonwhite, had parents doing more activities with them, and were less likely to run away, in comparison to juveniles who were actively involved in prostitution.
Melissa Burek, PhD (Advisor)
Adam Watkins, PhD (Committee Member)
Wendi Goodlin-Fahncke, PhD (Committee Member)
71 p.
Behaviorial Sciences; Criminology
juvenile prostitution; Add Health; parental involvement

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  • McNeal, B. A. (2012). Familial Influence on the Exchange of Sex for Drugs or Money Among Teens: An Exploratory Study [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1342792097

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McNeal, Brittani. Familial Influence on the Exchange of Sex for Drugs or Money Among Teens: An Exploratory Study. 2012. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1342792097.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McNeal, Brittani. "Familial Influence on the Exchange of Sex for Drugs or Money Among Teens: An Exploratory Study." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1342792097

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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