RT Article
T1 Crime-inhibiting, interactional and co-developmental patterns of school Bonds and the Acceptance of Legal Norms
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 62
IS 8
SP 1046
OP 1071
A1 Seddig, Daniel
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1576815927
AB The usually negative relationship between school bonds and juvenile delinquency implies that adolescents with strong ties to school are less likely to engage in delinquency. Still, it is not always clear whether the impact of school bonds on delinquency is direct or mediated by other, more proximate causes. This article examines the dynamic interrelations between social bonds and the acceptance of legal norms over the course of adolescence. Results reveal that school bonds directly affect the acceptance of legal norms, but not delinquency. However, norms are directly and reciprocally related to delinquency. Therefore, school bonds can be considered an indirect preventive factor for delinquent behavior. Moreover, the closely related school bond and norm dimensions share a common developmental pattern during adolescence.
K1 School bonds
K1 Legal norms
K1 Juvenile delinquency,
K1 Structural equation models
K1 Latent growth models
K1 Jugendkriminalität
K1 Schulverbundenheit
K1 Korrelation
DO 10.1177/0011128715578503