Hanging Out with the Wrong Crowd? The Role of Unstructured Socializing in Adolescents’ Specialization in Delinquency and Substance Use

Despite abundant attention to offending specialization in criminology, scholars have only recently started to explore opportunity-driven explanations for within-individual patterns of specialization. The current study examines whether unstructured socializing with specific friends can explain within...

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Authors: Hoeben, Evelien (Author) ; Siennick, Sonja E. (Author) ; Osgood, D. Wayne (Author) ; Weerman, Frank M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 141-177
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Keywords:
Delinquency versatility
Poly-substance use
Unstructured socializing
Peer influence
Adolescence
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Summary:Despite abundant attention to offending specialization in criminology, scholars have only recently started to explore opportunity-driven explanations for within-individual patterns of specialization. The current study examines whether unstructured socializing with specific friends can explain within-individual changes in adolescents’ degree of specialization in delinquency and substance use.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-019-09447-4