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dc.contributor.authorSykes, BL
dc.contributor.authorGioviano, J
dc.contributor.authorPiquero, AR
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:21:26Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:21:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn2153-3687
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2153368714542656
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/66364
dc.description.abstractEducational attainment is a key predictor of potential contact with the criminal justice system. A growing body of literature implicates social background and parental incarceration as factors that affect the educational, emotional, and behavioral development of children. Wilson argues that the social isolation of the underclass in urban cities prevents youth from being exposed to mainstream individuals who serve as positive role models, thereby solidifying inequality among the socially disadvantaged. This article draws upon a new, nationally representative data set to assess racial differences in informal mentorship among adolescents. We investigate how mentoring affects academic engagement and self-control among disadvantaged youth who have experienced parental incarceration. Using propensity score-matching methods, findings indicate persistent racial differences in the likelihood of having an informal mentor after controlling for measures of neighborhood disorder, social institutions, and social cohesion. Results show that informal mentoring is associated with increased self-control for non-White children who have never had a parent incarcerated but not for Latino youth who have had a parent behind bars. However, informal mentoring has no measurable effect on the academic engagement of adolescents exposed and unexposed to parental incarceration.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom246
dc.relation.ispartofpageto269
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalRace and Justice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and prevention of crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman geography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4406
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.titleMentoring Marginality: The Role of Informal Mentors in the Lives of Socially Disadvantaged Adolescents
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPiquero, Alex R.


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