Race, Crime, And The American Dream  

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Cernkovich, Stephen A. ; Giordano, Peggy C. ; Rudolph, Jennifer L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (http://jrc.sagepub.com/) vol. 37 no. 2 (May 2000), page 131-170.
Topik: social control; race; crime; american dream
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Although strain and social control theories assign a central role to the influence of the american dream ion criminal behaviour, little research has examined its impact on african americans. Furthermore, while the criminology literature is replete with studies of the influence of aspirations and expectations on behaviour, few of these have emphasized the economic goals so central to the core tenets of the american dream. In contrast, this study is based on a sample approximately half african american and measures the american dream in economic terms. The findings indicate that african americans maintain a stronger commitment to the american dream than do whites, but the nature of its influence on behaviour offers little support for social control theory among either whites or blacks. Its effect is however, consistent with strain theory, but only among whites. The implications og the inapplciability of both strain and control theories to african americans are discussed.

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