TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Control Across Immigrant Generations
T2 - Adolescent Violence at School and Examining the Immigrant Paradox
AU - Peguero, Anthony A.
AU - Jiang, Xin
N1 - Funding Information:
Appreciation is conveyed for the support offered by the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice-Network (RDCJ-N). This research was supported in part by the National Institute of Justice W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship (Grant# 2012-IJ-CX-0003 ).
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Social control predicts adolescent violence; however, there is limited research about the extent to which social control explains adolescent violence across immigrant generations. Because it is estimated that one out of four children in the United States has at least one immigrant parent, understanding the correlates of violence for adolescents in immigrant families warrants investigation. This study explores whether and how the adolescent associations between social control (i.e., attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief) and school-based misconduct and victimization vary across immigrant generations. Data are drawn from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002. Findings indicate important nuances related to immigrant generation in the conceptual links between social control and adolescent violence. For instance, attachment to school is linked to decreased misconduct for third-plus generation adolescents but a potential factor toward misconduct for first generation adolescents. The implications of the relationships between social control and adolescent violence across immigrant generations are discussed more generally.
AB - Social control predicts adolescent violence; however, there is limited research about the extent to which social control explains adolescent violence across immigrant generations. Because it is estimated that one out of four children in the United States has at least one immigrant parent, understanding the correlates of violence for adolescents in immigrant families warrants investigation. This study explores whether and how the adolescent associations between social control (i.e., attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief) and school-based misconduct and victimization vary across immigrant generations. Data are drawn from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002. Findings indicate important nuances related to immigrant generation in the conceptual links between social control and adolescent violence. For instance, attachment to school is linked to decreased misconduct for third-plus generation adolescents but a potential factor toward misconduct for first generation adolescents. The implications of the relationships between social control and adolescent violence across immigrant generations are discussed more generally.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2014.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2014.01.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899629256
SN - 0047-2352
VL - 42
SP - 276
EP - 287
JO - Journal of Criminal Justice
JF - Journal of Criminal Justice
IS - 3
ER -