Deviant Identity and Offending: a Longitudinal Study of South Korean Youths

This study examines deviant identity in relation to youth offending by combining items tapping both self-appraisal and reflected appraisal. In particular, using survey data from 3,446 Korean youth across five waves of the Korea Youth Panel Survey (KYPS), findings from group-based trajectory modeling...

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Authors: O, SooHyun (Author) ; Lee, YongJei (Author) ; Wilcox, Pamela 1968- (Author) ; Cullen, Francis T. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2023, Volume: 69, Issue: 10, Pages: 1996-2021
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Keywords:
deviant identity
group-based trajectory modeling
Labeling
Youth Delinquency
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Summary:This study examines deviant identity in relation to youth offending by combining items tapping both self-appraisal and reflected appraisal. In particular, using survey data from 3,446 Korean youth across five waves of the Korea Youth Panel Survey (KYPS), findings from group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM) present four distinct offending groups?a high-rate chronic group, stable non-offending group, adolescence-limited group, and declining group. Then, findings from the multinomial logit model reveal that deviant identity is a robust predictor of offending for subgroups of adolescents involved in offending at any level in comparison to stable non-offenders. Accordingly, this study supports the idea that deviant identity should be considered as a prominent predictor of a variety of types of youth offending.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/00111287221102061