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Multi-level model examinations of the relationship between family and peer risks and neighborhood settings: the special attention to gender, ethnicity and the timing of onset for delinquency

Lim, Ji-Young
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150385488

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2006, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Human Development and Family Science.
While there is growing evidence regarding the relationship between family and peer risk factors and delinquency, researchers have paid little attention to the tracking of family and peer risks and needs by subgroups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, and the timing of onset for delinquency) among youth who are currently involved in the juvenile court system. Particular combinations of subgroups among court-involved youths often suffer from more serious and continued problematic family related and peer related difficulties, all of which are preceding risk factors for delinquency. Furthermore, while there has been some awareness of the impact of neighborhood settings on family and peer related risks, the relationships among variables in this population have not been properly and concurrently examined in the court-involved youth. A final convenience sample of 1,086 youth who came to the attention of four county juvenile courts in Ohio was used in the first set of data analyses conducted as part of this study. Current family and peer risk levels were measured through use of version 1.0 of the Global Risk Assessment Device (GRAD). For the second set of data analyses, neighborhood information obtained from the 2000 National Census was utilized to examine the impact of neighborhood settings on these risks among court-involved youth. The results demonstrated that there were differentiated levels of family risks according to gender and ethnicity, and various levels of peer risks according to subgroups associated with gender, ethnicity, and onset for delinquency group after controlling for the current age of the youth, household composition, and transitional risks score. The Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) Analyses revealed that there were significant between-neighborhood variations in family and peer related risks. The results of the HLM analyses demonstrated that the neighborhood economic disadvantage variable (through use of the 2000 National Census) was associated with family and peer related risks after controlling for individual characteristics variables.
Stephen Gavazzi (Advisor)
174 p.
Neighborhood Settings; Family Risk; Peer Risk; Juvenile Offenders; Gender; Ethnicity; Onset of Delinquency

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  • Lim, J.-Y. (2006). Multi-level model examinations of the relationship between family and peer risks and neighborhood settings: the special attention to gender, ethnicity and the timing of onset for delinquency [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150385488

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lim, Ji-Young. Multi-level model examinations of the relationship between family and peer risks and neighborhood settings: the special attention to gender, ethnicity and the timing of onset for delinquency. 2006. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150385488.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lim, Ji-Young. "Multi-level model examinations of the relationship between family and peer risks and neighborhood settings: the special attention to gender, ethnicity and the timing of onset for delinquency." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150385488

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