NCJ Number
99368
Journal
Deviant Behavior Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Dated: (1985) Pages: 119-144
Date Published
1985
Length
26 pages
Annotation
The purpose of this study is to contribute to a gender-integrated theory of delinquent behavior by testing the theory of delinquent behavior by testing the assumptions of gender specialized delinquent behavior and of sex typed bonds as inhibitors of deviance.
Abstract
Data from self-administered questionnaires completed by a sample of teenagers in the 10th grade and one year later were used in the study. We found no clear evidence of gender specialization in the deviant behavior reported by the youth. Furthermore, the analysis did not lend support to traditional theories that link male and female delinquency to the weakening of different bonds. The testing of an inclusive model of bond theories produced very similar results for both genders. (Publisher abstract)