State wards, long-term care, and delinquent acts : an analysis of social bond factors / Noel S. Bost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bost, Noel S., 1969-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency--United States.

Juvenile delinquency.

Foster home care--United States.

Foster home care.

Youth--Institutional care--United States.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bost tests two structural models of violent delinquency among foster care youth derived from elements of Hirschi's (1969) Social Bond Theory. His seeks to determine whether adverse care experiences predict violent delinquency directly and, in tandem, indirectly through poor social bonds encompassing poor parent/caregiver attachments, poor school commitment, and involvement in prosocial activities. Bost's results indicate social bond variables fully mediate the care experience/violent delinquency link. However, the majority of the mediator effect was attributed to poor school commitment. Attach

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER; ONE: Introduction; TWO: Out-of-Home Care and Delinquency; THREE: Hirschi's Social Bond Theory; FOUR: Research Methods; FIVE: Measurement Model; SIX Univariate and Bivariate Analyses of Modified Measures; SEVEN Results of Structural Models; EIGHT Discussion and Conclusion; APPENDIX A Midwest Study Wave I Instrument (excerpts); APPENDIX B Univariate and Multivariate Distribution ofVariables; APPENDIX C Jigsaw Piecewise of Control Measurement Model

APPENDIX D Jigsaw Piece wise of Full Measurement Model REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-178) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-570-3

OCLC:

732955770