Working Mothers and Juvenile Delinquency

by Vander Ven, Thomas; McShane, Marilyn; Williams, Frank P., III

• ISBN13: 9781931202725
• ISBN10: 1931202729
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-23
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Author Biography

Thomas Vander Ven is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio University. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati in 1998. His research interests include work, family, and crime, delinquency and the social control of adolescents, and criminological theory. Recent publications include articles in Social Problems, Criminology, and Crime and Delinquency.

Table of Contents

Social Change, Maternal Employment, and Child Behavior	1	(60)
Social Change, Women and Work	11	(2)
The Quality and General Conditions of ``Women's Work'': Why Should Mother's Employment Affect Child Outcomes?	13	(5)
Non-Parental Child Care	18	(6)
Maternal Employment and Delinquency	24	(16)
Mother's Work and Pathways to Delinquency	40	(2)
Mother's Employment and Supervision	42	(2)
Mother's Employment and Delinquent Peer Association	44	(2)
Mother's Employment and Attachment	46	(2)
Mother's Employment and Parental Support	48	(3)
Mother's Employment and Parental Discipline	51	(3)
Maternal Employment and Family Conflict	54	(3)
Mother's Work and School Attachment	57	(4)
Exploring the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth	61	(32)
Sample	62	(7)
Dependent Variable	69	(1)
Independent Variable	70	(12)
Pathway Variables	82	(5)
Control Variables	87	(2)
Structural and Family Background Factors	89	(1)
Statistical Analysis	89	(3)
Correlational Analysis	92	(1)
Does Maternal Work Cause Delinquency?	93	(24)
Early Maternal Employment and Delinquency	93	(4)
Early Maternal Employment, Early Pathways and Delinquency	97	(1)
Current Maternal Employment and Delinquency	98	(6)
The Effects of Early Maternal Employment on Delinquency Pathways in the Married and Single Mother Sub-Groups	104	(3)
The Impact of Early Maternal Employment on Delinquency in the White and Non-White Sub-Groups	107	(6)
The Impact of Early Maternal Employment in the Male and Female Sub-Groups	113	(1)
The Influence of Father's Employment on Delinquency	114	(3)
Conclusion	117	(18)
Interpreting the Effects of Early Maternal Work on Delinquency	120	(3)
Interpreting the Race Effect of Early Coercive Work on Delinquency	123	(2)
Interpreting the Effects of Current Maternal Employment on Delinquency	125	(4)
Delinquency Risks in Adolescence	129	(3)
Policy Implications	132	(3)
Bibliography	135	(18)
Index	153