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AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT:
The study of delinquent behavior among disadvantaged groups has a long history in social science, especially sociology. Criminologists have investigated the source and causes of violence among disadvantaged groups through frameworks that assume violence to be a function of a single set of factors at the macro or micro level. Rather than adopting one of these models, I subsume elements of each into a contextual model that recognizes behaviors like violence to be a function of a given social environment. Gender, race and class are key factors because they shape how individuals see themselves and their environment. In this dissertation, I do two things. First, I critically examine existing research, highlighting areas where conceptual voids exist. I then address these gaps by constructing and testing a theoretical model that demonstrates how adolescent males use certain behaviors as strategies of action for self-validation within a given context. Specifically, I examine the connections between local structures of opportunity; influential individual, family and peer factors; and behavioral strategies, including violence. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Marino Anton Bruce; University Microfilms International)
African American Juvenile
African American Male
African American Offender
African American Violence
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Male
Juvenile Offender
Juvenile Violence
Male Violence
Male Offender
Sociocultural Factors
Racial Factors
Violence Causes
Individual Risk Factors
Peer Risk Factors
Family Risk Factors
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