Little is known about how adolescents curtail their offending and make positive adjustments
to early adulthood. The Pathways to Desistance study follows 1,354 serious adolescent …

Abstract Families are critical to understanding and interrupting patterns of delinquent and
criminal behavior. The objective of this study was to determine whether specific types of …

Purpose This paper highlights the forensic implications of language impairment in 2 key
(and overlapping) groups of young people: identified victims of maltreatment (abuse and/or …

Blacks and Latinos have higher levels of offending than Whites for violent crimes.
Researchers have examined a range of explanations that primarily focus on race and have …

Violent offending is a public health problem disproportionately perpetrated by adolescents.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been identified as a risk factor that increases an …

This study examines a cross-sectional structural equation model of participation in youth
activities, neighborhood adult support, individual decision making skills, and delinquent …

ABSTRACT A growing body of research has used the street code thesis to examine how
young Black males in disadvantaged social environments normalize the use of violence …

Studies have consistently found a significant gap between Black and White students in
various forms of school discipline. Few studies, however, have examined disciplinary …

Studies of race and crime have emphasized the effects of social disadvantage and
discrimination on increasing crime among African Americans. The authors extend this …

The current study provides a comprehensive test of differential social support and coercion
(DSSC) theory of crime as proposed by Colvin, Cullen, and Vander Ven. DSSC suggests …