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Adolescent Deviance within Families and Neighborhoods

Schnupp, Rebecca J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1285687987

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2010, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
Much of the research on delinquency has focused on the role that either families or neighborhoods play in the development of criminal behavior. While both of these theoretical traditions have received much empirical support, it is argued that individuals are simultaneously affected by each of these contexts either directly or indirectly (Gephart, 1997). Further, these contexts interact with each other and the individual to produce behavioral outcomes (Bronfenbrenner, 1979, 1986, 1988). A more adequate portrayal for why individuals engage in delinquency, therefore, should not only examine the effects of one context but also how these different contexts function together to either facilitate or impede antisocial behaviors. The primary propose of this dissertation is to try to ascertain if the effects of the more proximal context to the child, the family, is moderated by the more distal context, the neighborhood. Specifically, are the positive effects of “good” parenting found in both “good” and “bad” neighborhoods? Or does the neighborhood a family resides in alter the effects of “good” parenting? Using structural equation modeling, this dissertation will explore the moderating effects of neighborhood factors in the relationship between parenting and antisocial behavior while also considering the individual characteristics of the child. These relationships will be assessed using waves one and two of the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). The results of this study revealed that although the direct effects of parenting and neighborhood factors are weak, residential instability moderates the effects of parenting. This association remained after considering the reciprocal nature of the relationship between parenting and child’s disposition. The implications of these findings, as they pertain to the current practice of studying contexts in isolation from one another, will be discussed.
Michael Benson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Francis Cullen, PhD (Committee Member)
Pamela Wilcox, PhD (Committee Member)
Greer Fox, PhD (Committee Member)
177 p.
Criminology
Parenting; Neighborhoods; Antisocial Behavior

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  • Schnupp, R. J. (2010). Adolescent Deviance within Families and Neighborhoods [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1285687987

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schnupp, Rebecca. Adolescent Deviance within Families and Neighborhoods. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1285687987.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schnupp, Rebecca. "Adolescent Deviance within Families and Neighborhoods." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1285687987

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