@article{ref1,
title="Linking Local Labor Market Opportunity To Violent Adolescent Delinquency",
journal="Journal of research in crime and delinquency",
year="2003",
author="Bellair, Paul E. and Roscigno, Vincent J. and McNulty, Thomas L.",
volume="40",
number="1",
pages="6-33",
abstract="Most criminological theory is cast at either the macro or micro level. Developmental and integrated theories are an exception as they combine community characteristics such as neighborhood poverty with micro-level processes. What remains lacking, however, is attention to labor market conditions. The authors address this gap by testing a contextual model that links local labor market structure, adolescent attachments, and violent delinquency. Analyses draw from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Our findings suggest that low-wage, service sector employment opportunity directly increases the likelihood of violent delinquency. A small proportion of this effect is mediated by school achievement and attachment. The low-wage service sector effect uncovered remains when important micro-level processes including prior violence are controlled. The authors conclude by discussing the persistent low-wage service sector effect, the intervening processes we do uncover, and implications for future theoretical development and research on local labor markets.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4278",
doi="10.1177/0022427802239252",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427802239252"
}