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Title
Moving towards a quantitative understanding of Thrasher's threat-cohesion hypothesis
Description
Frederic Thrasher's early work with youth gangs in Chicago continues to influence contemporary gang research. Thrasher's basic premise, that conflict with outside groups facilitates strong interpersonal ties between adolescents, has yet to undergo quantitative analysis. Using data from Wave II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health ("Add Health"), this conflict is measured by the aggregate number of juvenile arrests for property and violent crimes in a community. Multivariate regression is conducted to explore the impact of police threat on number of friendship nominations, while logistic regression is conducted to see if police threat is impacting relationship strength between respondent's first male and female friend. The results from both the multivariate and logistic regressions do not support Thrasher's hypothesis. Implications for future research are discussed.
Date Created
2011
Contributors
- Moule, Richard K (Author)
- Katz, Charles M. (Thesis advisor)
- Ready, Justin T. (Committee member)
- Pratt, Travis C. (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
v, 62 p
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9360
Statement of Responsibility
by Richard K. Moule Jr
Description Source
Viewed on April 23, 2012
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2011
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-60)
Field of study: Criminology and criminal justice
System Created
- 2011-08-12 04:58:05
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- 2021-08-30 01:51:44
- 3 years 2 months ago
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