Social Networks and Delinquency in Adolescence: Implications for Life-Course Criminology

Young, Jacob T.N.; Rees, Carter

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-5113-6_10

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“…Specifically, school-based friendship and behavioral data have allowed criminological researchers to isolate peer influence processes from peer-reported behaviors and the properties of social networks while simultaneously accounting for social selection processes (see Young & Rees, 2013, for a review).…”

Section: Inmate Society Through a Network Lensmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward a Criminology of Inmate Networks

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The mid-twentieth century witnessed a surge of American prison ethnographies focused on inmate society and the social structures that guide inmate life. Ironically, this literature virtually froze in the 1980s just as the country entered a period of unprecedented prison expansion, and has only recently begun to thaw. In this manuscript, we develop a rationale for returning inmate society to the forefront of criminological inquiry, and suggest that network science provides an ideal framework for achieving this end. In so doing, we show that a network perspective extends prison ethnographies by allowing quantitative assessment of prison culture and illuminating basic characteristics of prison social structure that are essential for improving inmate safety, health, and community reentry outcomes. We conclude by demonstrating the feasibility and promise of inmate network research with findings from a recent small-scale study of a maximum-security prison work unit.

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Section: Inmate Society Through a Network Lensmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward a Criminology of Inmate Networks

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“…Differential association with deviant peers may be particularly important in explaining delinquent behavior (Akers & Jensen, 2006). Adolescents’ delinquent behavior has been frequently linked to that of their peers (Agnew, 1991; Akers & Jensen, 2006; Brook et al, 2011; Chung & Steinberg, 2006; Dishion et al, 1996; 1997; Fergusson et al, 2007; Griffin et al, 1999; Kandel, 1978; Moffitt, 1993; Patterson et al, 2000; Prinstein et al, 2001; Simons et al, 1996; Snyder et al, 1986; Thornberry et al, 1994; Young & Rees, 2013). During this developmental stage, peers become more important and consequential to adolescents’ social lives (Youniss & Haynie, 1992).…”

Section: Delinquency and Negative Peer Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of feared possible selves in the relationship between peer influence and delinquency

Pierce

Schmidt

Stoddard

2014

Journal of Adolescence

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This study explores the impact of a feared delinquent possible self on the relationship between exposure to negative peer behaviors and violent and non-violent self-reported delinquency. Previous research strongly supports that deviant peers influence adolescents’ delinquent behavior. Yet, few studies have explored intrapersonal factors that may moderate this influence. Possible selves include what one hopes, expects and fears becoming and are believed to motivate behavior. Thus, it was hypothesized that adolescents who were exposed to deviant peers and also feared engaging in delinquency would be more likely to self-report delinquency. Seventh grade students (n = 176) identified feared possible selves in the future, their exposure to negative peer behavior and self-reported violent and non-violent delinquent behavior. Findings suggest that exposure to negative peer behavior is associated with self-reported delinquent behavior. For violent behavior, possessing a feared delinquent possible self moderates this relationship. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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“…Prior research shows that individuals adopt behaviors based on direct relations with others in their social groups, and various aspects of social networks may directly or indirectly influence individual criminal behavior (Akers 1998; Ennett et al 2006; Valente 1995; Young and Rees 2013). …”

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“…Earlier studies have explored social integration of adolescents into friendship networks and its potential preventive influence on juvenile delinquency (Ennett et al 2006; Young and Rees 2013). In accord with traditional sociological perspectives regarding social group integration, most researchers postulate that greater social embeddedness reduces individual involvement in harmful behaviors (Durkheim 1966; Hirschi 1969).…”

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The Role of Adolescent Friendship Group Integration and Cohesion in Weapon-Related Violent Crime as a Young Adult

Mundt

Antonaccio

French

et al. 2017

J Youth Adolescence

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Weapon-related violent crime is a serious, complex, and multifaceted public health problem. The present study uses data from Waves I and III of Add Health (n=10,482, 54% female) to examine how friendship group integration and cohesion in adolescence (ages 12–19) is associated with weapon-related criminal activity as a young adult (ages 18–26). Results indicate that greater cohesion in friendship groups is associated with significantly lower weapon-related criminal activity in young adulthood. In addition, for adolescent girls, a greater number of close friendship ties—an indicator of friendship group integration—is associated with less weapon-related criminal activity in young adulthood. These findings suggest that school-based initiatives to facilitate inclusive and cohesive adolescent peer communities may be an effective strategy to curb weapon-related criminal activity in young adulthood.

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Social Networks and Delinquency in Adolescence: Implications for Life-Course Criminology

Cited by 21 publications

References 102 publications

Toward a Criminology of Inmate Networks

Toward a Criminology of Inmate Networks

The role of feared possible selves in the relationship between peer influence and delinquency

The Role of Adolescent Friendship Group Integration and Cohesion in Weapon-Related Violent Crime as a Young Adult

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