RT Article
T1 Trajectories of Delinquency and Problem Behavior: Comparison of Social and Personal Control Characteristics of Adjudicated Boys on Synchronous and Nonsynchronous Paths
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 14
IS 2
SP 181
OP 214
A1 Le Blanc, Marcel 1653-1693
A2 Kaspy, Nathalie
LA English
YR 1998
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764278224
AB 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.
K1 social and personal variables
K1 adjudicated boys
K1 Longitudinal
K1 synchrony
K1 Trajectory
K1 problem behavior
K1 Delinquency
DO 10.1023/A:1023028221675