STRAIN THEORY AND HISPANIC ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：本论文 应用涉及发展中的种族差异， 反社会行为，表现在青少年犯罪和暴力。 尽管人们对青少年犯罪和反社会行为 从以前的研究行为，相对较少的是知道的过程 少数民族反社会行为严重发展， 文献中的信息绝大多数基于一般人群 调查。 因此，本研究的目的是研究如何 反社会行为的一般解释，即紧张理论，适用于 西班牙裔青少年的样本 考虑到 种族/民族对越轨行为的影响在理论上和实践上都是可以忽略不计的。 应变的发展和实验测试。 由于最近的研究 揭示了种族和理论结构之间的相互作用， 可能会认为，紧张的原因和经历可能是不同的， 与种族有关。 为了探索这种可能性，目前的调查将确定 传统的犯罪构成理论是否像刑法学所提出的那样， 默顿（1938年，1968年）和Cloward和Ohlin（1960年），适用于西班牙裔， 就像对待其他种族一样。 数据来自Denver 和罗切斯特青年研究将允许进行比较， 两个独立的西班牙裔群体和他们的非洲裔美国人和白色 使用二元和多元统计技术， 包括LISREL中堆叠模型的估计。 整体 应变和模型路径差异的解释价值将是 在不同的种族群体中进行调查。 在此过程中，本研究将确定 是否需要一种文化特异性的菌株模型来创造一种 对拉美裔人犯罪行为的更好解释

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): This dissertation application is concerned with ethnic variations in the development of antisocial behavior, as manifested in adolescent delinquency and violence. Although a great deal has been learned about delinquency and antisocial behavior from previous research, relatively little is known about the course and development of serious antisocial behavior among ethnic minorities, as information in the literature is overwhelmingly based on general population surveys. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to examine how one general explanation of antisocial behavior, namely strain theory, applies to samples of Hispanic adolescents. Consideration of the impact that race/ethnicity has on deviance has been negligible in both the theoretical development and empirical testing of strain. Since recent studies have uncovered interactions between ethnicity and theoretical constructs, one might expect that the causes and experiences of strain may be differentially related to ethnicity. To explore this possibility, the current investigation will determine whether the traditional strain theory perspective on crime, as proposed by Merton (1938, 1968) and Cloward and Ohlin (1960), applies to Hispanics in the same way it does to other ethnic/racial groups. Data from the Denver and Rochester youth studies will allow for a comparison to be made between two separate Hispanic groups and their African American and white counterparts, using bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques including the estimation of stacked models in LISREL. The overall explanatory value of strain and differences in model pathways will be examined across ethnic groups. In doing so, this study will determine whether a culturally specific model of strain is necessary to create an improved explanation of criminal behavior for Hispanics.