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CONTROL THEORY REEXAMINED: Race and the Use of Neutralizations Among Institutionalized Delinquents
Author(s) -
MANNLE HENRY W.,
LEWIS PETER W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1979.tb01276.x
Subject(s) - race (biology) , socialization , juvenile delinquency , criminology , psychology , social psychology , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , sociology , gender studies , psychotherapist
A theoretical challenge to the socio‐structural analysis of delinquency was posited by Sykes and Maria over two decades ago. Since then, relatively few studies have addressed the several issues inherent in neutralization theory. The present research explores the association between socialization and neutralization as this relationship pertains to racial differences among institutionalized delinquents. Significant differences for socialization and neutralization scores on the basis of race were noted. Lack of significant differences between races in terms of the hypothesized direction of the socialization/neutralization correlation was interpreted as a function of the nonlinearity of the data.