The Family Context Of Childhood Delinquency (criminal Justice Recent Scholarship)

Criminal Justice Recent Scholarship Edited by Marilyn McShane and Frank P. Williams III A Series from LFB Scholarly This page intentionally left blank The Family Context of Childhood Delinquency Justin W. Patchin LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC New York 2006 Copyright © 2006 by LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Patchin, Justin W., 1977The family context of childhood delinquency / Justin W. Patchin. p. cm. -- (Criminal justice recent scholarship) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59332-154-6 (alk. paper) 1. Juvenile delinquents--Family relationships--United States. 2. Juve-nile delinquents--Rehabilitation--United States. 3. Social work with juvenile delinquents--United States. 4. Community-based corrections--United States. I. Title. HV9104.P38 2006 364.36--dc22 2006019393 ISBN 1-59332-154-6 Printed on acid-free 250-year-life paper. Manufactured in the United States of America. To Jill, for standing by me through it all. This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents List of Tables.............................................................................. ix List of Figures ............................................................................ xi Acknowledgments .................................................................... xiii Chapter 1. Introduction.................................................................1 Chapter 2. The Theoretical Relationship between Family Relations and Delinquency.........................................................27 Chapter 3. Data, Methods, and Analytic Strategy ......................53 Chapter 4. Findings ....................................................................77 Chapter 5. Discussion and Conclusion.....................................111 Appendix A. Survey Instrument...............................................129 Appendix B. Description of Variables/Measures.....................153 Appendix C. Correlation Matrices ...........................................155 Appendix D. City and Target Area Characteristics..................159 Bibliography.............................................................................161 Index.........................................................................................181 vii This page intentionally left blank List of Tables Table 1. Qualifying Offense Information (83 youth) .................61 Table 2. Type of Qualifying Offense (83 youth)........................61 Table 3. Attrition Diagnostics ....................................................64 Table 4. Family Bond Component Variables and Factor Loadings .....................................................................................71 Table 5. Descriptive Characteristics of the Treatment and Comparison Groups....................................................................79 Table 6. Family Relationships by Group....................................80 Table 7. Self-Reported and Official Offending Characteristics .82 Table 8. Bivariate Logistic Regression – Family Bond at Intake (Treatment Group)......................................................................84 Table 9. Multivariate Logistic Regression – Family Bond at Intake (Treatment Group)...........................................................85 Table 10. Bivariate Logistic Regression – Family Bond at Interview 1 (Comparison Group; N=83) ....................................86 Table 11. Multivariate Logistic Regression – Family Bond at Interview 1 (Comparison Group; N=83) ....................................87 Table 12. Contingency Table Analysis: Family Structure at Intake and Future Delinquency (Treatment Group; N=68) ........89 Table 13. Contingency Table Analysis: Family Structure a