TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Linking Local Labor Market Opportunity To Violent Adolescent Delinquency
JO  - Journal of research in crime and delinquency
A1  - Bellair, Paul E.
A1  - Roscigno, Vincent J.
A1  - McNulty, Thomas L.
SP  - 6
EP  - 33
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427802239252
ID  - ref1
ER  -