Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Effects of the Law on Precarity among Youth

博士论文研究：法律对青少年不稳定的影响

• 批准号: 1904021
• 负责人: Cecilia Menjivar
• 金额: $ 1.58万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-04-15 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1904021&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Effects; Law

Youth who experience precarity in living arrangements and life experience may have difficulty in the transition to adulthood and in achieving economic stability in later years. Some youths are more subject to precarity than others, thus allowing study of how laws and their interpretation may promote or deter positive outcomes in this population. In addition, policies relevant to this precarity have changed over time, and/or their interpretations have changed, thus creating a natural experiment. This is an under-studied aspect of the transition to adulthood, thus motivating the project that will portray these varied experiences. The project will shed light on how interpretations of laws and the laws themselves can be significant factors in easing the transition to adulthood, or reducing the likelihood of successful assumption of productive adult roles. Findings from the project will help inform state and federal policies to better support youth transitions to adulthood. This project will use participant observation and in-depth semi-structured interviews to highlight the processes and mechanisms through which some youths more or less easily navigate precarious environments. The project will conduct interviews with 30 youths who experience some degree of precarity, as well as with 30 adults charged with helping them navigate the transition to adulthood. The project will also conduct an additional 25 interviews with state actors assisting in these transitions. Participant observation over a period of several months will allow inferences regarding the variety of contexts relevant to the transition to adulthood for youths subject to precarity. Re-interviews with a subset of youths at a second time point will allow inferences regarding how the relevant processes evolve over time, as well as analysis of key outcomes that have occurred during the interval. Qualitative analyses using Atlas.ti will permit iterative coding of the interview and observational data, allowing both deductive and inductive approaches. Findings will inform key literatures on the sociology of law, the role of state supports of youth, and the transition to adulthood.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

生活安排和生活经历不稳定的青年在向成年过渡和在晚年实现经济稳定方面可能会遇到困难。一些年轻人比其他人更容易受到不稳定的影响，因此可以研究法律及其解释如何促进或阻碍这一人群的积极成果。此外，随着时间的推移，与这种不稳定性相关的政策发生了变化，对它们的解释也发生了变化，从而形成了一种自然的实验。这是向成年过渡的一个未被充分研究的方面，因此激发了描绘这些不同经历的项目。该项目将阐明对法律和法律本身的解释如何能够成为缓解向成年过渡的重要因素，或降低成功承担生产性成人角色的可能性。该项目的调查结果将有助于为州和联邦政策提供信息，以更好地支持青年向成年过渡。本项目将采用参与式观察和深度半结构化访谈的方式，突出一些年轻人或多或少容易在不稳定环境中生存的过程和机制。该项目将采访30名经历某种程度不稳定的年轻人，以及30名负责帮助他们顺利过渡到成年的成年人。该项目还将对协助这些转型的国家行为体进行另外25次访谈。在几个月的时间里，参与者的观察将有助于推断与不稳定青年向成年过渡有关的各种情况。在第二个时间点对一部分年轻人进行重新访谈，将有助于推断相关过程如何随着时间的推移而演变，并分析在这段时间内发生的关键结果。使用Atlas进行定性分析。它将允许访谈和观察数据的迭代编码，允许演绎和归纳方法。调查结果将为法律社会学、国家支持青年的作用以及向成年的过渡等方面的重要文献提供信息。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。