NCJ Number
155165
Journal
British Journal of Criminology Volume: 35 Issue: 2 Dated: (Spring 1995) Pages: 248-262
Date Published
1995
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This study used John Braithwaite's theory of reintegrative shaming to compare how shaming is used by Black Americans and Asian Americans to deal with their delinquent children.
Abstract
The instrument used in the study consisted of items related to parental shaming and communitarian shaming, reintegration, and demographic variables including socioeconomic status, religion, age, marital status, education, and employment, as well as criminal histories of other family members. The findings showed that the two ethnic groups differed significantly in their use of verbal shaming, but not in the measurements of nonverbal, physical, or communitarian shaming used here. When marital status was controlled, ethnicity appeared to have no effect on shaming. Married parents were significantly more likely to shame their delinquent children than were single parents. New Asian immigrant parents were also more likely to use shaming techniques than other parents. 4 tables and 31 references