Self-concept and violent delinquency in urban African-American adolescent males |
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Authors: | Bynum Evita G Weiner Ronald I |
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Affiliation: | American University, Department of Sociology, Washington, DC 20016, USA. Evita.Bynum@american.edu |
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Abstract: | African-American adolescent males experience a disproportionate rate of victimization associated with and arrest for violent crime. This study examined the between self-concept and violent delinquency within a group of 155 urban African-American adolescent males. Walter Reckless's 1967 containment theory, which suggest that a positive self-concept will insulate a juvenile from delinquency and crime, served as the theoretical frame of reference. The participants included 155 African-American males aged 13 to 19 years who completed the Adolescent Life Survey, developed by the investigators, and the Tennessee Self-concept Scale. Quantitative measurments of self-concept and delinquency were obtained. In general, the findings did not support containment theory. However, the study does present new data regarding serious violent delinquency. |
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