RT Article
T1 Drifters and Delinquents: Commitment and Neutralization in Low- and High-Rate Offending Early Adolescents
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 1
SP 66
OP 87
A1 Walters, Glenn D. 1954-
A2 Runell, Lindsey L.
A2 Kremser, Jonathan
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/183961532X
AB The purpose of this study was to compare drift/neutralization and criminal lifestyle interpretations of the neutralization-delinquency nexus in 1,005 (498 boys, 506 girls) youth (mean age?=?11.22?years) organized into three groups: no delinquency, low-rate delinquency, and high-rate delinquency. Findings showed that low-rate delinquent youth were as committed to conventional social relationships as nondelinquent youth and more committed to conventional relationships than high-rate delinquent youth. It was further noted that low-rate or drifting delinquents used neutralization techniques more often than nondelinquents but less often than high-rate delinquents. These results suggest that neutralization may be less a matter of relieving guilt after having violated the law than it is a way of constructing a moral value system that supports crime.
K1 Conformity
K1 Delinquency
K1 drift
K1 Neutralization
DO 10.1177/00111287211039992