Citation

Augustyn MB, Thornberry TP, Krohn MD. J. Res. Adolesc. 2014; 24(2): 252-267.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, 3219 Turlington Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 23611, 352.294.7178.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12110

PMID

24883000

PMCID

PMC4036077

Abstract

A limited amount of research examines the short-term consequences of gang membership. Rarer, though, is the examination of more distal consequences of gang membership. This is unfortunate because it understates the true detrimental effect of gang membership across the life course, as well as the effects it may have on children of former gang members. Using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, this work investigates the impact of gang membership in adolescence (ages 12-18) on a particularly problematic style of parenting, child maltreatment. Using discrete time survival analysis, this study finds that gang membership increases the likelihood of child maltreatment and this relationship is mediated by the more proximal outcomes of gang membership during adolescence, precocious transitions to adulthood.

Language: en