Trajectories of Delinquency and Problem Behavior: Comparison of Social and Personal Control Characteristics of Adjudicated Boys on Synchronous and Nonsynchronous Paths

In this paper we identify and distinguish two categories of manifestations of deviance, problem behavior and delinquency, and show that they often follow synchronous developmental sequences. Using data from a sample of 506 adjudicated boys, we investigate the difference between those with synchronou...

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Authors: Le Blanc, Marcel 1653-1693 (Author) ; Kaspy, Nathalie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1998
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1998, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-214
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Keywords:
social and personal variables
adjudicated boys
Longitudinal
synchrony
Trajectory
problem behavior
Delinquency
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Summary:In this paper we identify and distinguish two categories of manifestations of deviance, problem behavior and delinquency, and show that they often follow synchronous developmental sequences. Using data from a sample of 506 adjudicated boys, we investigate the difference between those with synchronous trajectories, in which problem behavior and delinquency follow similar developmental paths, and those with nonsynchronous trajectories, in which the two follow different developmental paths. Comparison of the trajectories shows that personal control variables, such as social maladjustment, value orientation, manifest aggression, and extroversion, are more effective in discriminating between trajectories than are social control variables from school, peer, routine activities, and belief categories. These personal control variables are often not included in studies of delinquency.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1023/A:1023028221675