The Relationship Between School Engagement and Delinquency in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-22

  Hirschfield, Paul J ^a   Gasper, Joseph ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Problem behavior; School disengagement; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650515076     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9579-5     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Agnew, R. (1991). A longitudinal test of social control theory and delinquency. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 28(2), 126-156.
2. Agnew, R., & White, H. R. (1992). An empirical test of general strain theory. Criminology, 30(4), 475-499.
3. Alexander, K. L., Entwisle, D. R., & Kabbani, N. S. (2001). The dropout process in life course perspective: Early risk factors at home and school. Teachers College Record, 103, 760-822.
4. Allison, P. D. (2002). Missing date. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
5. Armstrong, T. A., Lee, D. R., & Armstrong, G. S. (2009). Criminological theory based on national youth survey data an assessment of scales measuring constructs in tests of criminological theory based on National Youth Survey data. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 46(1), 73-105.
6. Astone, N. M., & McLanahan, S. S. (1994). Family structure, residential mobility, and school dropout: A research note. Demography, 31, 575-584.
7. Barnes, G. M., Hoffman, J. H., Welte, J. W., Farrell, M. P., & Dintcheff, B. A. (2007). 'Adolescents' time use: Effects on substance use, delinquency, and sexual activity. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 697-710.
8. Buhs, E. S. (2005). Peer rejection, negative peer treatment, and school adjustment: Self-concept and classroom engagement as mediating processes. Journal of School Psychology, 43, 407-424.
9. Catalano, R. F., Oxford, M., Harachi, T., Abbott, R., & Haggerty, K. P. (1999). A test of the social development model to predict problem behaviour during the elementary school period. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 9, 39-56.
10. Cernkovich, S. A., & Giordano, P. C. (1979). Delinquency, opportunity and gender. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 70, 145-151.
11. Cernkovich, S. A., & Giordano, P. C. (1992). School bonding, race, and delinquency. Criminology, 30(2), 261-291.
12. Cloward, R. A., & Ohlin, L. E. (1960). Delinquency and opportunity. New York: The Free Press.
13. Cohen, A. K. (1955). Delinquent boys: The culture of the gang. Glencoe, IL: The Free Press.
14. Connell, J. P., & Wellborn, J. G. (1991). Competence, autonomy, and relatedness: A motivational analysis of self-system processes. In M. Gunnar & A. Sroufe (Eds.), Minnesota symposium on child psychology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
15. Conner, B. T., Stein, J. A., & Longshore, D. (2009). Examining self-control as a multidimensional predictor of crime and drug use in adolescents with criminal histories. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 36(2), 137-149.
16. Cook, T. D., Murphy, R. F., & Hunt, H. D. (2000). Comer's school development program in Chicago: A theory-based evaluation. American Educational Research Journal, 37(2), 535-597.
17. Crosnoe, R. (2006). The connection between academic failure and adolescent drinking in secondary school. Sociology of Education, 79, 44-60.
18. Crosnoe, R., Erickson, K., & Dornbusch, S. M. (2002). Protective functions of family relationships and school factors on the deviant behavior of adolescent boys and girls: Reducing the impact of risky friendships. Youth and Society, 33, 515-544.
19. DeBaryshe, B. D., Patterson, G. R., & Capaldi, D. (1993). A performance model for academic achievement in early adolescent boys. Developmental Psychology, 29, 795-804.
20. Donovan, J. E., & Jessor, R. (1985). Structure of problem behavior in adolescence and young adulthood. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 53, 890-904.
21. Dornbusch, S. M., Erickson, K. G., Laird, J., & Wong, C. A. (2001). The relation of family and school attachment to adolescent deviance in diverse groups and communities. Journal of Adolescent Research, 16(4), 396-422.
22. Eccles, J. S., & Barber, B. L. (1999). Student council, volunteering, basketball or marching band: What kind of extracurricular involvement matters? Journal of Adolescent Research, 14(1), 10-43.
23. Fagan, J., & Pabon, E. (1990). Contributions of delinquency and substance use to school dropout among inner-city youths. Youth and Society, 21, 306-354.
24. Farrington, D. P., & Welsh, B. C. (2007). Saving children from a life of crime: Early risk factors and effective interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
25. Felice, L. G. (1981). Black student dropout behavior: Disengagement from school, rejection, and racial discrimination. The Journal of Negro Education, 50, 415-424.
26. Felson, R. B., & Staff, J. (2006). Explaining the academic performance-delinquency relationship. Criminology, 44, 229-320.
27. Finkel, S. E. (1995). Causal analysis with panel data. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
28. Finn, J. D. (1989). Withdrawing from school. Review of Educational Research, 59, 117-142.
29. Ford, J. A. (2005). Substance use, the social bond, and delinquency. Sociological Inquiry, 75, 109-128.
30. Fredricks, J. A., Blumenfeld, P. C., & Paris, A. H. (2004). School engagement: Potential of the concept, state of the evidence. Review of Educational Research, 74, 59-109.
31. French, D. C., & Conrad, J. (2001). School dropout as predicted by peer rejection and antisocial behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 11, 225-244.
32. Furrer, C., & Skinner, C. (2003). Sense of relatedness as a factor in children's academic engagement and performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, 148-162.
33. Garcia-Reid, P., Reid, R. J., & Peterson, N. A. (2005). School engagement among Latino youth in an urban middle school context: Valuing the role of social support. Education and Urban Society, 37, 257-275.
34. Gottfredson, D. C. (2001). Schools and delinquency. Cambridge: University Press.
35. Gottfredson, M. R., & Hirschi, T. (1990). A general theory of crime. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
36. Hagan, J. (1991). Destiny and drift: Sub cultural preferences, status attainment, and the risks and rewards of youth. American Sociological Review, 56, 567-582.
37. Hirschfield, P. (2009). Another way out: The impact of juvenile arrests on high school dropout. Sociology of Education, 82, 368-393.
38. Hirschi, T. (1969). Causes of delinquency. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
39. Hjalmarsson, R. (2008). Criminal justice involvement and high school completion. Journal of Urban Economics, 63, 613-630.
40. Huebner, A. J., & Betts, S. C. (2002). Exploring the utility of social control theory for youth development. Youth and Society, 34, 123-145.
41. Jang, S. J. (1999). Age-varying effects of family, school, and peers on delinquency: A multilevel modeling test of interactional theory. Criminology, 37, 642-686.
42. Jessor, R., & Jessor, S. L. (1977). Problem behavior and psychosocial development: A longitudinal study of youth. New York: Academic Press.
43. Jimerson, S. R., Campos, E., & Greif, J. L. (2003). Toward an understanding of definitions and measures of school engagement and related terms. The California School Psychologist, 8, 7-27.
44. Laird, R. D., Jordan, K. Y., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., & Bates, J. E. (2001). Peer rejection in childhood, involvement with antisocial peers in early adolescence, and the development of externalizing behavior problems. Development and Psychopathology, 13, 337-354.
45. Lehr, C. A., Sinclair, M. F., & Christenson, S. L. (2004). Addressing student engagement and truancy prevention during the elementary years: A replication study of the Check and Connect model. Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk, 9(3), 279-301.
46. Liska, A. E., & Reed, M. D. (1985). Ties to conventional institutions and delinquency: Estimating reciprocal effects. American Sociological Review, 50, 547-560.
47. Lubbersa, M. J., van Der Werfa, M., Snijdersb, T., Creemersc, B. P., & Kuypera, H. (2006). The impact of peer relations on academic progress in junior high. Journal of School Psychology, 44, 491-512.
48. Maguin, E., & Loeber, R. (1996). Academic performance and delinquency. Crime and Justice, 20, 145-264.
49. Manlove, J. (1998). The influence of high school dropout and school disengagement on the risk of school-aged pregnancy. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 82, 187-220.
50. Marks, H. M. (2000). Student engagement in instructional activity: Patterns in the elementary, middle, and high school years. American Educational Research Journal, 37, 153-184.
51. Menard, S., & Morse, B. J. (1984). A structural critique of the IQ-delinquency hypothesis. American Journal of Sociology, 89(6), 1347-1378.
52. Mensch, B. S., & Kandel, D. B. (1988). Dropping out of high school and drug involvement. Sociology of Education, 61, 95-113.
53. Murray, C. (2009). Parent and teacher relationships as predictors of school engagement and functioning among low-income urban youth. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 29, 376-404.
54. National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. (2003). Engaging schools: Fostering high school students' motivation to learn. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
55. Natriello, G. (1984). Problems in the evaluation of students and student disengagement from secondary school. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 17(4), 14-24.
56. Orfield, G. (2004). Losing our future: Minority youth left out. In G. Orfield (Ed.), Dropouts in America: Confronting the graduation rate crisis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
57. Padilla, F. M. (1992). The gang as an American enterprise. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
58. Payne, A. A. (2008). A multilevel analysis of the relationships among communal school organization, student bonding, and delinquency. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 45(4), 429-455.
59. Pettit, B., & Western, B. (2004). Mass imprisonment and the life course: Race and class inequality in US incarceration. American Sociological Review, 69, 151-169.
60. Ramsey, E., Patterson, G. R., & Walker, H. M. (1990). Generalization of the antisocial trait from home to school settings. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 11, 209-223.
61. Rankin, J. H., & Wells, E. L. (1990). The effect of parental attachments and direct controls on delinquency. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 24, 140-172.
62. Sampson, R. J., & Laub, J. H., (1993). Crime in the making: Pathways and turning points through life. Boston, MA: Harvard University Press.
63. Sampson, R. J., & Laub, J. H. (1997). A life course theory of cumulative disadvantage and the stability of delinquency. In T. Thornberry (Ed.), Developmental theories of crime and delinquency. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishing.
64. Schmidt, J. A. (2003). Correlates of reduced misconduct among adolescents facing adversity. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 32(6), 439-452.
65. Steinberg, L., & Avenevoli, S. (1998). Disengagement from school and problem behavior in adolescence: A developmental-contextual analysis of the influences of family and part-time work. In R. Jessor (Ed.), New perspectives on adolescent risk behavior. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
66. Steinberg, L., Brown, B. B., & Dornbusch, S. (1996). Beyond the classroom. New York: Simon and Schuster.
67. Steinberg, L., Lamborn, S. D., Dornbusch, S. M., & Darling, N. (1992). Impact of parenting practices on adolescent achievement: Authoritative parenting, school involvement, and encouragement to succeed. Child Development, 63, 1266-1281.
68. Thornberry, T. P. (1987). Toward an interactional theory of delinquency. Criminology, 25(4), 863-892.
69. Thornberry, T. P., Lizotte, A. P., Krohn, M. D., Farnworth, M., & Joon Jang, S. (1991). Testing interactional theory: An examination of reciprocal causal relationships among family, school, and delinquency. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 82, 3-35.
70. Wilson, J. Q., & Hernstein, R. J. (1985). Crime and human nature. Simon and Schuster: New York.
71. Wong, S. K. (2005). The effects of adolescent activities on delinquency: A differential involvement approach. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34(4), 321-333.