Friendships and Delinquency

Giordano, Peggy C.; Cernkovich, Stephen A.; Pugh, M. D.

doi:10.1086/228390

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“…This finding supports the reputation theory proposition that suggests girls who are delinquent have close ties to peers (Giordano, Cernkovich, and Pugh, 1986;Emler, 1984) and that closeness to a peer group is a critical factor in the self-presentation of a delinquent reputation (Emler, Reicher, and Ross, 1987;Hopkins and Emler, 1990). This finding also is consistent with research that shows the importance of bonding to peers and peer socialization for girls (Anderson et al, 1999;Giordano, 1978;Giordano, Cernkovich, and Pugh, 1986;Figueira-McDonough, 1985;Heimer, 1996;Hoyt and Scherer, 1998;Morash, 1986).…”

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“…In contemporary research, expanded sociological models have proposed that social factors often indirectly affect the frequency and severity of delinquent acts in association with other related psychosocial factors (Erickson, et al, 2000;Mak, 1990;Seydlitz, 1991). The resulting psychosocial models place less emphasis on the direct relationship between dysfunctional families and girls' delinquency and allow for closer examination of other social variables such as girls' peer socialization and attitudes toward schooling (Archwamety and Katsiyannis, 1998;Barnes and Farrell, 1992;Bowker and Klein, 1983;Singer and Levine, 1988;Campbell, 1987;Erickson, Crosnoe, and Dornbusch, 2000;Giordano, Cernkovich and Pugh, 1986;Kruttschnitt, 1996;Morash, 1986). New directions in the study of girls' delinquency also have begun to yield psychosocial models that incorporate the effect of individual psychological variables and sociological variables on delinquency (e.g., Barnes and Farrell, 1992;Bowker and Klein, 1983;Hoge, et al, 1990;Mak, 1990;Sankey and Huon, 1999;Seydlitz, 1991;Singer and Levine, 1988).…”

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“…For example, it is common for girls to engage in delinquent behavior with their peer group (Cernkovich and Giordano, 1979;Emler, Reicher, and Ross, 1987;Giordano, 1978;Giordano, Cernkovich, and Pugh, 1986). Bonding to peers has been related to girls' delinquency (Anderson et al, 1999;Giordano, Cernkovich, and Pugh, 1986;Hoyt and Scherer, 1998;Morash, 1986) and when girls are bonded to prosocial peers, these relationships moderate delinquency (Giordano et al, 1986;Kruttschnitt, 1996).…”

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Girls' Self-Perception of Reputation and Delinquent Involvement

Smith–Adcock

Kerpelman

2005

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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Girls' Self-Perception of Reputation and Delinquent Involvement

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Kerpelman

2005

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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“…More contemporary work indicate, however, that the connections between girls, delinquency and peers are more complex than previously assumed (Giordano, 2009). These studies demonstrate, in contrast to early notions, that delinquent females indeed participate in peer groups and that peer relationships are important for both delinquent and nondelinquent females (e.g., Cairns, Cairns, Neckerman, Gest, & Gariepy, 1988;Demuth, 2004;Giordano, Cernkovich, & Pugh, 1986;Haynie, 2001Haynie, , 2002Vásquez & Zimmerman, 2014). For example, it has been demonstrated that, similar to other adolescents, delinquent females establish meaningful, high-quality friendships and often identify at least one close friend whom they trust (Cairns & Cairns, 1994).…”

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Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Azad

Hau

Karlsson

2017

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Delinquent peers have a strong influence on adolescent delinquent behavior. However, few studies have investigated adolescents', and in particular young females', own perspectives of the role of peers on their delinquent behavior. The purpose of the present study was to explore how young female offenders described their delinquent behavior and more specifically the role they assign to peer relations in committing or avoiding delinquent acts. Nine female adolescents, sentenced to youth service, were interviewed, and the data was analyzed using the Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) method. The results showed that committing crimes and taking drugs with peers were portrayed as a way for the female delinquents to socialize. Delinquent and pro-social activities with peers appear to serve similar developmental functions in the sense that it is described to fulfill the same developmental needs. The young offenders also described collectively created pressures and norms in the peer group as the main contributing factor to their norm-breaking behavior, where they described being both recipients and producers of influence in the group. Another important finding was that the female offenders showed an awareness of the importance of pro-social peers and the need to eliminate delinquent friends from their peer network in order to help them refrain from deviant behavior. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.

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“…This approach departs from traditional control theory, which asserts no causal role for bonding to antisocial others in the etiology of delinquency, characterizing relationships among delinquents as cold and brittle (Hirschi 1969). However, much evidence suggests that the relationships among delinquents and drug-involved youths are not always characterized by negative affect (Agnew 1991;Cairns et al 1988;Gillmore et al 1992;Giordano et al 1986) Moreover, recent evidence on adolescent use of tobacco and alcohol indicates that attachment to parents interacts with parents' own use of alcohol and tobacco in predicting adolescents' use of these drugs: high attachment to parents who use alcohol or tobacco led to adolescent drug-use behavior consistent with parents' use, not necessarily to the legal alternative of no use by the adolescent (Foshee and Bauman 1992). This indicates that bonding to a family involved in drug use can predict increased drug-using behavior.…”

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Modeling the Etiology of Adolescent Substance Use: A Test of the Social Development Model

Catalano

Kosterman

Hawkins

et al. 1996

Journal of Drug Issues

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The social development model is a general theory of human behavior that seeks to explain antisocial behaviors through specification of predictive developmental relationships. It incorporates the effects of empirical predictors ("risk factors" and "protective factors") for antisocial behavior and attempts to synthesize the most strongly supported propositions of control theory, social learning theory, and differential association theory. This article examines the power of social development model constructs measured at ages 9 to 10 and 13 to 14 to predict drug use at ages 17 to 18. The sample of 590 is from the longitudinal panel of the Seattle Social Development Project, which in 1985 sampled fifth grade students from high crime neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington. Structural equation modeling techniques were used to examine the fit of the model to the data. Although all but one path coefficient were significant and in the expected direction, the model did not fit the data as well as expected (CFI=.87). We next specified second-order factors for each path to capture the substantial common variance in the constructs' opportunities, involvement, and rewards. This model fit the data well (CFI=.90). We conclude that the social development model provides an acceptable fit to predict drug use at ages 17 to 18. Implications for the temporal nature of key constructs and for prevention are discussed.The social development model is a general theory of human behavior that hypothesizes similar developmental processes leading to either prosocial or antisocial outcomes (Catalano and Hawkins 1996;Hawkins and Weis 1985). The model takes a developmental life course perspective (Elliott 1994), specifying four submodels for specific periods in childhood and adolescence.The model is grounded in criminological theory and incorporates research on the etiology of different forms of antisocial behavior. It seeks to explain a broad range of distinct antisocial behaviors through specification of predictive developmental relationships. Antisocial behavior is defined here as the violation of legal codes, including those relative to age. This definition thus includes both violent and nonviolent offending and the illegal use of drugs.This article presents a test of the social development model in the context of drug abuse. In the analyses reported here, the model was tested for its fit in predicting adolescent substance use. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author ManuscriptData from a panel of the Seattle Social Development Project were utilized in the test. Drug use measured when youth were 17 to 18 years old was predicted by social development model constructs measured when subjects were 9 to 10 and 13 to 14 years old. Overview of the TheoryThe social development model incorporates a growing body of knowledge regarding the effects of empirical predictors, or "risk factors," in the development of antisocial behavior. It is clear empirically that multiple biological, psychological, and social factors at mult...

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Friendships and Delinquency

Cited by 381 publications

References 30 publications

Girls' Self-Perception of Reputation and Delinquent Involvement

Girls' Self-Perception of Reputation and Delinquent Involvement

Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Modeling the Etiology of Adolescent Substance Use: A Test of the Social Development Model

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