Girls’ Relational Orientation and Interpersonal Dynamics of Delinquency

Miller, Susan L.; Winn, Donna-Marie; Taylor, Jamilah; Wiki, Traci

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“…Beyond these factors, committing crimes in the company of peers was also described as giving the participants more confidence and courage to do things that they might have never done alone. This is consistent with findings reported by Miller et al, (2012) reported similar findings where delinquent female adolescents spoke about the reinforcing qualities and affiliations of delinquent behavior and peers (e.g., thrills, protection, sense of camaraderie). Presumably, the delinquent group provides opportunities for socialization as well as makes it easier to excuse, justify and avoid responsibility for delinquent behavior (McGloin & DiPietro, 2013;Miller et al, 2012).…”

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Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Azad

Hau

Karlsson

2017

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Delinquent peers have a strong influence on adolescent delinquent behavior. However, few studies have investigated adolescents', and in particular young females', own perspectives of the role of peers on their delinquent behavior. The purpose of the present study was to explore how young female offenders described their delinquent behavior and more specifically the role they assign to peer relations in committing or avoiding delinquent acts. Nine female adolescents, sentenced to youth service, were interviewed, and the data was analyzed using the Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) method. The results showed that committing crimes and taking drugs with peers were portrayed as a way for the female delinquents to socialize. Delinquent and pro-social activities with peers appear to serve similar developmental functions in the sense that it is described to fulfill the same developmental needs. The young offenders also described collectively created pressures and norms in the peer group as the main contributing factor to their norm-breaking behavior, where they described being both recipients and producers of influence in the group. Another important finding was that the female offenders showed an awareness of the importance of pro-social peers and the need to eliminate delinquent friends from their peer network in order to help them refrain from deviant behavior. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.

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Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Azad

Hau

Karlsson

2017

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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“…These risks also appear to be gendered in that they are particularly salient for girls. Family strife is associated with an increased likelihood that girls will deviate from the normative pathway by gravitating away from relying on same‐sex peers as sources of emotional support (Miller, Winn, Taylor, & Wiki, ). Instead, girls on a troubled pathway are at risk of becoming precociously involved in dating relationships, often with males who are older and involved in antisocial behavior (Cauffman et al., ; Odgers & Moretti, ).…”

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Introduction: For Better or Worse: Intimate Relationships as Sources of Risk or Resilience for Girls' Delinquency

Kerig

2014

J of Research on Adolesc

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The recent rise in arrest rates for violent offenses among girls has sparked an increased interest in understanding the risk and protective factors associated with girls' aggression. Particular attention has been drawn to the role that girls' intimate relationships may play in promoting persistence or desistence from delinquency. To this end, a number of independent laboratories have been engaged in conducting prospective longitudinal studies to uncover the influence of romantic relationships on girls' antisocial behavior through the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood, which are gathered together in this special section. This article introduces the contributions to the special section and considers both the lessons provided and the directions needed for future research devoted to understanding girls' delinquency and aggression.Requests for reprints should be sent to

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“…Western studies have attributed gender differences to socialization process that requires boys to place greater values on financial success (Ge and Conger ) whereas girls may be more oriented to relational domains (Broidy and Agnew ; Miller et al. ). Furthermore, because of role differentiation and gender hierarchy, men are expected to be the main providers of the family and gender divide with women in private (caretaker at home) and men in public spheres (major breadwinner) is more clearly delineated in China (Inglehart and Norris ; Liu and Lin ).…”

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“…Besides, due to the nurturing role and interpersonal orientation expected of girls, Chinese girls, in particular, may be more oriented to using delinquency (than boys) in response to stress associated with physical well‐being, particularly concerning family members that they care about (Kessler and McLeod ; Miller et al. ).…”

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Life Events and Delinquency: An Assessment of Event‐Based Stressors and Gender Differences among Adolescents in Mainland China

Liu

2016

Sociological Inquiry

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Studies that test general strain theory in China have primarily focused on poor treatments by others, and few have assessed the influences of stressor events other than negative treatments as antecedents of delinquency. This study assesses both cumulative and relative effects of multiple stressor events including parent marital instability, family financial disruption, health crisis, and romantic dissolution as antecedents of delinquency in mainland China and how these effects may vary by adolescent gender. Data drawn from over 500 middle-school students from an urban city in China yielded significant observations: Stressful events are related to delinquency after controlling for poor treatments and other common correlates, and event effects are observed both as a composite index and by specific domains. Furthermore, significant gender differences are noted: For boys, delinquency is associated with family financial disruption, parent marital instability, and romantic dissolution. For girls, romantic dissolution and health crisis are associated with delinquency. These results along with others are addressed in light of general strain theory and gender disparity in the sociocultural context of mainland China.

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Girls’ Relational Orientation and Interpersonal Dynamics of Delinquency

Cited by 10 publications

References 56 publications

Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Introduction: For Better or Worse: Intimate Relationships as Sources of Risk or Resilience for Girls' Delinquency

Life Events and Delinquency: An Assessment of Event‐Based Stressors and Gender Differences among Adolescents in Mainland China

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