Black middle class delinquents / Connie R. Hassett-Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassett-Walker, Connie R., 1969-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American juvenile delinquents.

Middle class--United States.

Middle class.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most criminal justice research on African Americans focuses on poor Blacks living in poor Black communities. Hassett-Walker expands this focus to middle class Blacks and empirically tests an assertion from Pattillo-McCoy (1999)'s Black Picket Fences--that little difference in delinquency exists between poor versus middle class Black youth. Variables included class status, parent-child interaction, and neighborhood poverty. Parenting behavior and marital disruption were both predictive of delinquency. Having delinquent peers predicted future arrest, suggesting support for differential associati

Contents:

Introduction

Theoretical framework

The Black middle class and crime

Empirical research on class and crime

Data and methodology

Cross-sectional bivariate results

Cross-sectional multivariate results for Blacks

Cross-sectional comparative multivariate results

Longitudinal data and analyses

In conclusion: acall to fellow criminologists.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-542-8

OCLC:

773565166