Flexon Jamie L, Greenleaf Richard G, Lurigio Arthur J
Florida International University, Miami, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2012 Apr;56(2):218-38. doi: 10.1177/0306624X10394116. Epub 2010 Dec 27.
This study assessed the correlates of self-control and police contact in a sample of Chicago public high school students. The investigation examined the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, and peer association on self-control and the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, peer association, and self-control on police contact. Differences between African American and Latino youth on the predictors of the two dependent measures were tested in separate regression models. Weak parental attachment/identification and gang affiliation (peer association) predicted low self-control among all students. Among African American youth, only weak maternal attachment/identification predicted low self-control; both weak maternal attachment/identification and gang affiliation predicted low self-control among Latino youth. Gang affiliation predicted police stops (delinquency) among African Americans but not among Latinos. However, both African American and Latino students with lower self-control were more likely to be stopped by the police than those with higher self-control.
本研究评估了芝加哥公立高中学生样本中自我控制能力与警方接触之间的关联。该调查考察了父母依恋/认同、家庭结构和同伴交往对自我控制能力的影响，以及父母依恋/认同、家庭结构、同伴交往和自我控制能力对警方接触的影响。在单独的回归模型中测试了非裔美国青年和拉丁裔青年在这两项因变量预测指标上的差异。父母依恋/认同薄弱和帮派关系（同伴交往）预示着所有学生的自我控制能力较低。在非裔美国青年中，只有母亲依恋/认同薄弱预示着自我控制能力较低；母亲依恋/认同薄弱和帮派关系都预示着拉丁裔青年的自我控制能力较低。帮派关系预示着非裔美国人会被警方拦截（犯罪行为），但拉丁裔中并非如此。然而，自我控制能力较低的非裔美国学生和拉丁裔学生比自我控制能力较高的学生更有可能被警方拦截。
