Contributions of quantitative methods to the study of gender and crime, or bootstrapping our way into the theoretical thicket

Kruttschnitt, Candace

doi:10.1007/bf02354413

Cited by 57 publications

(45 citation statements)

References 132 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…It is widely recognized that deficits in parenting practices, such as low parental warmth and harsh discipline styles, are associated with the development of both conduct problems (Dodge et al 1994;Kruttschnitt 1996;Patterson 1982;Patterson et al 1989) and depressive disorders in children and adolescents (e.g. Blatt and Homann 1992;Burge and Hammen 1991;Downey and Coyne 1990;Ge et al 1994).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Reciprocal Influences Between Girls’ Conduct Problems and Depression, and Parental Punishment and Warmth: A Six year Prospective Analysis

Hipwell

Keenan

Kasza

et al. 2008

J Abnorm Child Psychol

228

214

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Although the reciprocal effects of parenting and child behavior have long been recognized, the emphasis of empirical study in the field of developmental psychopathology has been on parenting effects on children. For girls in particular, little is known about unique parenting effects on conduct problems in comparison to depression, or vice versa. In the current study, data from the large-scale (n = 2,451) Pittsburgh Girls Study were used to examine the reciprocal relations between parenting and child behavior over a six year period (child ages 7-12 years). Girls and their caregivers (85% of whom were biological mothers) were interviewed annually in their homes. Girls reported on symptoms of conduct disorder and depression, and caregivers reported on level of parent-child warmth and use of harsh punishment. The results of generalized estimating equation regression models demonstrated that both parenting behaviors were uniquely predictive of changes in girls' conduct problems and depressed mood. When the effects of race and poverty on these associations were controlled for, both parenting effects on girls' conduct problems remained significant, but only low parental warmth remained as a significant predictor of depressed mood. Girls' conduct problems, but not depressed mood, predicted changes in harsh punishment over time. The small effect of girls' depressed mood, on changes in parental warmth, was further weakened when socio-demographic factors were also included in the model.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Reciprocal Influences Between Girls’ Conduct Problems and Depression, and Parental Punishment and Warmth: A Six year Prospective Analysis

Hipwell

Keenan

Kasza

et al. 2008

J Abnorm Child Psychol

228

214

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Most traditional theories focus explicitly on male delinquency (Bartuch and Matsueda 1996) and several researchers have concluded that more research is needed to test the gender gap in these theories (Liu and Kaplan 1999;Smith and Paternoster 1987). 1 Where the role of gender in the etiology of delinquency has been discussed, one major focus has been differences in the socialization of males and females within the family (Kruttschnitt 1996). Does differential socialization exert an influence on the levels of delinquency in males and females?…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Shame as a Consequence of the Parent-Child Relationship

Svensson

2004

European Journal of Criminology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A B S T R A C TThe object of this research is to investigate the relationship between gender, parent-child relations, shame and juvenile delinquency. The study proceeds from a social bonding theoretical framework and hypothesizes that shame will act as an intervening mechanism through which poor parent-child relations impact upon delinquency. The present study addresses three key research questions. Are girls more strongly attached to and controlled by their parents than boys are? Do girls feel more shame in the face of significant others than boys do? And, finally, does shame mediate the effect of parent-child relations in the explanation of delinquency? A total of 979 students in grade 8 of the Swedish school system (aged 14; 505 boys and 474 girls) were included in the study. The findings show girls to be more strongly attached to parents, to be more controlled and to feel more shame than boys. Finally, the analyses show that feeling less shame in the face of significant others tended to mediate the effect of poor parent-child relations on delinquency for girls. For boys, both family interaction and shaming components are significantly related to delinquency. K E Y W O R D SGender Differences / Juvenile Delinquency / Parent-Child Relationship / Shame.That males commit more offences and more serious offences than females has been well established in studies of both self-reported and officially

show abstract

“…As male offenders are traditionally known to be responsible for the large majority of offences (e.g. [16]), having an offending sister can be viewed as being more deviant than having an offending brother. Therefore, it is interesting to examine whether having an offending sister is a bigger risk factor for criminal offending than having an offending brother.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“All in the family?” The Relationship Between Sibling Offending and Offending Risk

Beijers

Bijleveld

Weijer

et al. 2017

J Dev Life Course Criminology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the associations between criminality of family members and individual offending. The main focus is on investigating the extent to which criminal offending by siblings is associated with individual offending, as well as the extent to which parental and grandparental offending accounts for this relationship. Methods Using official conviction data on three generations of Dutch individuals who are at elevated risk of offending, multilevel logistic regression analyses were performed. Results The analyses showed that sibling offending increased the risk of individual offending. Parental and grandparental offending only partially accounted for this association. However, parental offending and offending by grandfathers increased the risk of individual offending as well. Furthermore, the analyses showed that offending by brothers and sisters both increased the risk of offending for both men and women. Conclusions Sibling criminality seems to be a risk factor in its own right. Therefore, focusing only on children of criminal parents is insufficient. Furthermore, it was found that almost every subsequent offending family member adds risk for children to offend.

show abstract

Contributions of quantitative methods to the study of gender and crime, or bootstrapping our way into the theoretical thicket

Cited by 57 publications

References 132 publications

Reciprocal Influences Between Girls’ Conduct Problems and Depression, and Parental Punishment and Warmth: A Six year Prospective Analysis

Reciprocal Influences Between Girls’ Conduct Problems and Depression, and Parental Punishment and Warmth: A Six year Prospective Analysis

Shame as a Consequence of the Parent-Child Relationship

“All in the family?” The Relationship Between Sibling Offending and Offending Risk

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About