COMPARISON OF PERCEPTIONS REPORTED BY NONDELINQUENTS AND DELINQUENTS REGARDING THEIR IDENTIFICATION WITH SELECTED SOCIALIZATION AGENTS AND NORMATIVE PRESCRIPTIONS

• NCJ Number: 18923
• Author(s): H R HUNTER
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 289 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Annotation

INVESTIGATES THE STRENGTH OF DELINQUENTS' PERCEIVED RELATIONSHIPS WITH SIGNIFICANT MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, SCHOOL, PEER GROUP, AND OTHER SOCIALIZING AGENTS.

Abstract

THE STUDY IS DIVIDED INTO SIX MAJOR COMPONENTS - THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION OF THE STUDY, THE DEFINITION OF THE MAJOR AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION AND NORMS TO BE STUDIED, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE IDENTIFICATION WITH THESE AGENTS AND NORMS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE SELECTION OF DELINQUENT AND NONDELINQUENT COMPARISON GROUPS, THE GATHERING AND ANALYSIS OF DATA, AND THE PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS. THE MAJOR HYPOTHESIS STUDIED IS THAT THE DELINQUENT IS LESS INCLINED THAN THE NONDELINQUENT TO IDENTIFY WITH BASIC NORMATIVE PRESCRIPTIONS AND MAJOR AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN SOCIETY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)