Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- The Black middle class and crime -- Empirical research on class and crime -- Data and methodology -- Cross-sectional bivariate results -- Cross-sectional multivariate results for Blacks -- Cross-sectional comparative multivariate results -- Longitudinal data and analyses -- In conclusion: acall to fellow criminologists
Summary
Most criminal justice research on African Americans focuses on poor Blacks living in poor Black communities. Hassett-Walker expands this focus to middle class Blacks and empirically tests an assertion from Pattillo-McCoy (1999)'s Black Picket Fences--that little difference in delinquency exists between poor versus middle class Black youth. Variables included class status, parent-child interaction, and neighborhood poverty. Parenting behavior and marital disruption were both predictive of delinquency. Having delinquent peers predicted future arrest, suggesting support for differential associati
