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dc.contributor.authorCraig, JM
dc.contributor.authorGuerra, C
dc.contributor.authorPiquero, AR
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-18T05:08:16Z
dc.date.available2020-05-18T05:08:16Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn2199-4641
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40865-019-00133-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/393949
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Though prior research has established the separate effects of romantic relationships and immigrant status on offending, few studies have combined these areas to assess how immigrant status may condition the effect of romantic relationships on crime. Further, fewer studies strive to uncover the potential mechanisms of the relationship effect. Methods: Using data from the Pathways to Desistance study, this study examined the effects of relational quality, monitoring, and tolerance of deviance on later offending and if these effects differed among first-generation, second-generation, and native-born youth. Results: While tolerance of deviance and monitoring were found to predict decreased offending among the second-generation and native-born youth, only tolerance of deviance predicted decreased offending for the first-generation youth. Conclusions: Although there were no meaningful differences between the second-generation and native-born youth with respect to desistance mechanisms, relational monitoring was not associated with desistance among the first-generation youth. Relational quality was not associated with desistance for any subgroup. These findings have important implications for social control theories and suggest individual differences such as immigrant status may condition the effects of social bonds on offending. Potential cultural differences such as “familismo” may help explain these effects and are worthy of further consideration.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom67
dc.relation.ispartofpageto94
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume6
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleImmigrant Status, Offending, and Desistance: Do Relationship Characteristics Matter?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCraig, JM; Guerra, C; Piquero, AR, Immigrant Status, Offending, and Desistance: Do Relationship Characteristics Matter?, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 2020, 6 (1), pp. 67-94
dc.date.updated2020-05-18T05:07:26Z
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gro.griffith.authorPiquero, Alex R.


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