Wang Xin, Zhang Jinwu, Wang Xiaoxiang, Liu Jianhong
Foshan University, China.
University of Macau, Taipa, China.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2020 Jan;64(1):22-37. doi: 10.1177/0306624X19856513. Epub 2019 Jun 21.
Chinese education system comprises high schools and vocational school, and their differences on delinquency have seldom been investigated. From the perspective of general strain theory, the present study examined the differences among high school and vocational school students for delinquency, strain, and other explanatory variables. General strain theory delineates the effect of strain on delinquency or deviance and presents the paths from strain to delinquency or deviance through social control and social learning variables. Using a sample of 1,852 tenth-grade students in Guangzhou City, the present study tests the intervening paths from strains to deviance among high school and vocational school students. Results indicated that vocational school students have higher likelihood to be strained and delinquent, and have lower social control and higher interactions with delinquent peers. School type is a significant predictor for strain, as well as social control and delinquent peers.
中国教育体系包括高中和职业学校，而它们在青少年犯罪方面的差异很少被研究。从一般紧张理论的角度来看，本研究考察了高中生和职业学校学生在犯罪、压力以及其他解释变量方面的差异。一般紧张理论阐述了压力对犯罪或越轨行为的影响，并提出了通过社会控制和社会学习变量从压力到犯罪或越轨行为的路径。本研究以广州市1852名十年级学生为样本，检验了高中生和职业学校学生从压力到越轨行为的中介路径。结果表明，职业学校学生承受压力和犯罪的可能性更高，社会控制能力更低，与有犯罪行为的同龄人互动更多。学校类型是压力、社会控制和有犯罪行为的同龄人的一个重要预测因素。
