Citation

Leiber MJ, Mack KY, Featherstone RA. Youth Violence Juv. Justice 2009; 7(2): 79-99.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1541204008327144

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Using data from the Add Health Study, the authors examined relationships among family structure, family processes, and economic factors with delinquency and to what extent similarities and differences may exist for Whites, African Americans, and Hispanics. Results from negative binomial regression analyses indicated that, in general, of the family processes, maternal attachment was consistently found to be an important predictor of nonserious and serious delinquency irrespective of family structure, economic factors, and race and ethnicity. The results are discussed within the context of Hirschi's original interpretation of social control theory, and future directions for research are suggested.