TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Attributions, Affect, and Crime: Street Youths'  Reactions to Unemployment
JO  - Criminology
A1  - Baron, Stephen W.
A1  - Hartnagel, Timothy F.
SP  - 409
EP  - 434
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
N2  - This research examines the role familial, school, labor market, and street factors play in the criminality of 200 homeless male street youths. Of particular interest is the way these youths interpret their labor market experiences and how together these experiences and interpretations influence criminal behavior. Findings reveal that familial and school factors have minimal influence on current criminal behavior. Instead, criminal behavior is influenced by such immediate factors as homelessness, drug and alcohol use, and criminal peers who engage in illegal activities. Further, criminal behavior is influenced by a lack of income, job experiences, and perceptions of a blocked opportunity structure. While labor market conditions and reactions to those conditions have some effect on crime, the findings also suggest that lengthy unemployment, job experiences, and a lack of income work in tandem with anger and external attributions to increase street youths' criminal activities. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Criminology, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by the American Society of Criminology)  Male Offender Male Crime Juvenile Crime Juvenile Male Juvenile Offender Employment Factors Unemployment-Crime Link Unemployment Effects Unemployment Factors Employment Status Homeless Youth Crime Causes Socioeconomic Factors School Risk Factors Family Risk Factors Juvenile Anger Offender Anger Male Anger Crime Risk Factors Peer Crime Peer Influence Juvenile Substance Use Male Substance Use Substance Use-Crime Co-Occurence Drug Related Crime Drug Use Effects Alcohol Related Crime Alcohol Use Effects 03-04<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1384
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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