NCJ Number
110134
Journal
Criminology Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Dated: (February 1988) Pages: 127-149
Date Published
1988
Length
23 pages
Annotation
This research addresses a key process in power-control theory, namely, the gender stratification of social control.
Abstract
Using a multidimensional measure of familial control, the authors find evidence that the types of familial control employed are stratified by gender: male children are more typically aligned with paternal support and appearance rules, and female children are more often the objects of maternal support and curfew rules. All four dimensions have significant negative effects on delinquency. Brief attention is given as well to the effects of these variables on contact with formal social control agencies. (Publisher abstract)