From learning and opportunity perspectives, peer group structural dimensions shed light on
social processes that can amplify or ameliorate the risk of having delinquent friends …

Criminological research has largely neglected the possibility that positive peer influence is a
potentially powerful source of social control. Quantitative methods tease out cause, effect …

According to Gottfredson and Hirschi (Gottfredson, MR, & Hirschi, T.. A general theory of
crime. Stanford: Stanford University Press), individuals with low self‐control are likely to …

The strong correlation between measures of personal and peer deviance occurs with near
“law‐like” regularity. Yet, as with other manifestations of peer similarity (often referred to as …

The significance of peers during adolescence is well established in the social science
literature. However, relatively few studies have devoted attention to susceptibility to peer …

This paper examines social factors associated with changes in 2 forms of adolescent
deviance, substance use and delinquency. Using longitudinal data, the research evaluates …

PURPOSE: Previous research on changes in self-control during adolescence provides
evidence of stability for most individuals but change for some, drawing attention to the role of …

Prior research examining the effect of self-control and delinquent peers on crime suggests
that both variables are strong correlates and that controlling for one fails to eliminate the …

This study examines whether structural properties of friendship networks condition the
association between friends' delinquency and an individual's own delinquent behavior. Data …

Drawing on relevant theory and research, it is argued that the impact of delinquent peers on
delinquency is conditioned by (1) attachment to peers,(2) time spent with peers, and (3) the …