RT Article
T1 Deviant peer preferences: a simplified approach to account for peer selection effects
JF Deviant behavior
VO 41
IS 9
SP 1143
OP 1156
A1 Gallupe, Owen
A2 Boman, John H.
A2 Nash, Rebecca M.
A2 Castro, Erin D.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1858425697
AB The goal of this study is to present and validate a simple method for accounting for peer selection on offending based on a respondent’s self-reported preferences for friends who engage in criminal behavior. Using primary panel data (n = 611), having a preference for peers who offend (the measure of peer selection) relates positively and significantly to offending behavior. The selection measure, which carries the advantage of being closely aligned to criminological theory, renders the peer offending/personal offending relationship nonsignificant. Our selection variables also outperform a more traditional means of capturing peer selection effects.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 1154-1156
DO 10.1080/01639625.2019.1597321