Family Structure, Family Interactions, and Delinquency

9311014 Matsueda这是一个研究家庭与青少年犯罪关系的项目。本研究将利用《全国儿童纵向调查》的数据，分析家庭结构对青少年犯罪的相对影响，以及婚姻冲突、亲子冲突、父母依恋、沟通方式、父母监督、父母管教方式等因素在家庭结构对青少年犯罪的中介作用程度。这个项目有可能对我们对家庭动态和青少年犯罪来源的理论理解做出重要贡献。关于家庭结构和犯罪之间关系的研究可以追溯到半个多世纪以前，当代社会评论家自信地宣称他们对这种关系的看法。然而，到目前为止，既没有合适的数据，也没有具有足够复杂方法的研究项目，可以对有关家庭犯罪联系的说法进行严格检验。该项目通过使用更丰富的数据以及其理论和方法的复杂性，将有可能用科学证据取代预感和偏见。如果这个项目取得成功，它将为考虑帮助减少青少年犯罪的政策和干预措施提供更坚实的基础。＊＊＊

9311014 Matsueda This is a project to study the relationship between the family and juvenile delinquency. The researcher will use data from the longitudinal National Survey of Children to analyze the relative influence of family structure on delinquency and the extent to which factors such as marital and parent-child conflict, attachment to parents, communication styles, parental supervision, and styles of parental discipline mediate the influence of family structure on delinquent behavior. This project has potential to make important contributions to our theoretical understanding of both family dynamics and the sources of juvenile delinquency. Research on the connection between family structure and delinquency stretches back over more than half a century, and contemporary social commentators confidently proclaim their views on this connection. Yet up to now there have not been either suitable data or research projects with sufficient methodological sophistication to allow claims about family-delinquency links to be rigorously tested. This project, through its use of richer data and its theoretical and methodological sophistication, will make it possible to replace hunches and prejudice with scientific evidence. If this project is successful, it should provide a firmer basis for considering policy and interventions to help reduce juvenile delinquency. ***