NCJ Number
123270
Journal
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1990) Pages: 140-165
Date Published
1990
Length
26 pages
Annotation
Earlier theories of child development and delinquency suggest that specific combinations of family factors should disproportionately decrease the probability of children's deviance.
Abstract
The impact of discipline on delinquency is thought to be conditional upon the level of parent-child attachment. The specific form of the attachment is unclear, given the contradictory predictions in the literature. The author's analysis of the national Youth in Transition data panel indicates that, although various measures of parental attachment and direct parental controls are consistently related to various types of delinquent behavior, interactions between these variables are less evident than prior theory suggests. 4 tables, 1 figure, 3 notes, 28 references. (Author abstract modified)