Citation

Flexon JL, Greenleaf RG, Lurigio AJ. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2012; 56(2): 218-238.

Affiliation

Florida International University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X10394116

PMID

21187300

Abstract

This study assessed the correlates of self-control and police contact in a sample of Chicago public high school students. The investigation examined the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, and peer association on self-control and the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, peer association, and self-control on police contact. Differences between African American and Latino youth on the predictors of the two dependent measures were tested in separate regression models. Weak parental attachment/identification and gang affiliation (peer association) predicted low self-control among all students. Among African American youth, only weak maternal attachment/identification predicted low self-control; both weak maternal attachment/identification and gang affiliation predicted low self-control among Latino youth. Gang affiliation predicted police stops (delinquency) among African Americans but not among Latinos. However, both African American and Latino students with lower self-control were more likely to be stopped by the police than those with higher self-control.

Language: en