Take the car keys away: Metropolitan structure and the long road to delinquency |
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Authors: | Gisela BichlerAuthor Vitae Carlena A. OroscoAuthor Vitae Joseph A. SchwartzAuthor Vitae |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Criminal Justice, California State University, San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA, 92407, United Statesb Temple University, United Statesc Center for Criminal Justice Research, CSUSB, United Statesd Florida State University, United States |
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Abstract: | PurposeThis research fulfills a void in offender mobility discourse. Metropolitan socioeconomic and spatial structure, defined in crime pattern theory as the urban backcloth, plays a significant role in shaping travel behavior; and yet, current analysis of offender mobility continues to favor individual characteristics to account for travel range.MethodsUsing a large sample of juveniles, both delinquent and at-risk youth (N = 2,552), this study compared the predictive utility of individual characteristics against indicators of urban backcloth.ResultsDelinquent youth were found to be more sensitive to the environmental conditions exerted by community-level socioeconomic characteristics than their at-risk counterparts. However, two factors—intercity hierarchical structure and motor vehicle access—accounted for travel variability among all youth.ConclusionsOffending behavior must be examined within the context of a dynamic environmental context formed by the metropolitan socioeconomic and spatial structure. Delinquents constitute an identifiable subgroup of youth. |
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