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Social Correlates of Delinquency

Social Correlates of Delinquency. The School. Significance of the School in the Study of Delinquency. Compulsory school attendance means that all children spend significant time in school Hence, school is playing an increasing role in the socialization of children

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Social Correlates of Delinquency

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  1. Social Correlates of Delinquency The School

  2. Significance of the School in the Study of Delinquency • Compulsory school attendance means that all children spend significant time in school • Hence, school is playing an increasing role in the socialization of children • The time spent in school also means that children are spending significant time with peer groups

  3. The School and Delinquency:Proposed Effects • Two contradictory predictions about the role of the school in delinquency: • The school causes delinquency • School experiences are frustrating, especially to underachievers and others who don’t fit in • Hence, the more time spent in school, the more frustration, and the more delinquency • The school prevents delinquency • Here, the argument is that the school teaches children proper values, monopolizes their time, and builds positive relationships • Hence, spending time in school should reduce the delinquency School Attendance Frustration Delinquency Positive Values, Relationships School Attendance Less Delinquency

  4. Theoretical Basis for Positions • Each of these positions is grounded in two theoretical perspectives examined earlier: • School produces delinquency: • Strain theory • School prevents delinquency • Control theory

  5. Testing the Theories:Elliot Study • Hypotheses • Rate of delinquency greater for boys while in school than out of school • Delinquents who drop out have higher rate while in school than while out • Method • 743 10th grade boys • Data gathered from 10th-12th grade • “Graduates”=those who graduated or were in school entire time • “Dropouts”=those who left school in the study period • Delinquency measured by official contact Findings

  6. Testing the Theories:Thornberry et al. Study Hypotheses Strain Theory: Criminal behavior of dropouts should decline more sharply than that of graduates after leaving school, and rates for dropouts should converge quickly with those of graduates Control Theory: Natural decline during post-high school years should be more gradual for dropouts than graduates, and will not converge with decline for graduates Method Sample: 10% sample of Philadelphia Birth Cohort Study (N=567 boys) Variables:Dropping Out, Criminal Involvement (arrests), Race, Father’s Occupation, Marital Status, Employment Status

  7. Testing the Theories:Thornberry et al. Study Findings

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