ERIC Number: EJ723579
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 30
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Race, Gender, Single-Mother Households, and Delinquency: A Further Test of Power-Control Theory
Mack, Kristin Y.; Leiber, Michael J.
Youth & Society, v37 n2 p115-144 2005
Using power-control theory as the theoretical framework, the present study examines the gender gap in delinquency for White and African American youth from single-mother households. The research is driven by the need to focus more attention on understanding how delinquency theories apply across different racial groups. Results from both bivariate and multivariate analyses indicate that, with few exceptions, there are significant gender gaps in delinquency for both White and African American youth. Therefore, it appears that gender, more than race, influences nonserious delinquency among youth from single-mother families. These findings suggest that further development of power-control theory may lie in rethinking the classification of single-mother households as inherently balanced, or egalitarian, in nature.
Descriptors: Youth, Delinquency, One Parent Family, Whites, African Americans, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Mothers
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Language: English
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