Vander Ven, Thomas, 1966-

Working mothers and juvenile delinquency / Thomas Vander Ven. - vii, 155 pages ; 22 cm. - Criminal justice, recent scholarship . - Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC). .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social Change, Maternal Employment, and Child Behavior -- Social Change, Women and Work -- The Quality and General Conditions of "Women's Work": Why Should Mother's Employment Affect Child Outcomes? -- Non-Parental Child Care -- Maternal Employment and Delinquency -- Mother's Work and Pathways to Delinquency -- Mother's Employment and Supervision -- Mother's Employment and Delinquent Peer Association -- Mother's Employment and Attachment -- Mother's Employment and Parental Support -- Mother's Employment and Parental Discipline -- Maternal Employment and Family Conflict -- Mother's Work and School Attachment -- Exploring the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth -- Sample -- Dependent Variable -- Independent Variable -- Pathway Variables -- Control Variables -- Structural and Family Background Factors -- Statistical Analysis -- Correlational Analysis -- Does Maternal Work Cause Delinquency? -- Early Maternal Employment and Delinquency -- Early Maternal Employment, Early Pathways and Delinquency -- Current Maternal Employment and Delinquency -- The Effects of Early Maternal Employment on Delinquency Pathways in the Married and Single Mother Sub-Groups -- The Impact of Early Maternal Employment on Delinquency in the White and Non-White Sub-Groups -- The Impact of Early Maternal Employment in the Male and Female Sub-Groups -- The Influence of Father's Employment on Delinquency -- Conclusion -- Interpreting the Effects of Early Maternal Work on Delinquency -- Interpreting the Race Effect of Early Coercive Work on Delinquency -- Interpreting the Effects of Current Maternal Employment on Delinquency -- Delinquency Risks in Adolescence -- Policy Implications -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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Working mothers--United States
Juvenile delinquency--United States

HQ759.48 / .V36 2003

306.8743