Faculty Publications
Race, Gender, Single-Mother Households, And Delinquency: A Further Test Of Power-Control Theory
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Delinquency, Gender, Power-control theory, Race, Single-mother
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Youth and Society
Volume
37
Issue
2
First Page
115
Last Page
144
Abstract
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. © 2005 Sage Publications.
Department
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
Original Publication Date
12-1-2005
DOI of published version
10.1177/0044118X04271022
Recommended Citation
Mack, Kristin Y. and Leiber, Michael J., "Race, Gender, Single-Mother Households, And Delinquency: A Further Test Of Power-Control Theory" (2005). Faculty Publications. 2899.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/2899
