Annotated Bibliography: Crime and Deviance (Essay Sample)

Annotated Bibliography: Crime and Deviance
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Annotated Bibliography: Crime and Deviance
Carlson, A. (2010). How Parents Influence Deviant Behavior among Adolescents: An Analysis of their Family Life, their Community, and their Peers. Deviant Behavior 21(3): 45-59
In this article, Carlson (2010) carried out a review of literature for the purpose of analyzing the effect that family has on the behavior of an adolescent. It is deemed that parents have a direct control for instance through the techniques of parenting employed. The biggest influence on creating preferable behavior in adolescents is parental support. In essence, adolescents need strong bonds within their community and it is through these bonds that teenagers are looked after and other families reciprocate the actions. There will be an up-rise in juvenile crime in the community when these conditions are not provided. Families, particularly the parents, have an indirect control over their children’s peers mainly through their techniques of parenting and through community watch; teaching their children not to give in to peer pressure (Carlson, 2010). This evidence-based article is relevant and applicable to my chosen topic in that it describes how parents can indirectly or directly affect the deviant behaviors amongst adolescents. There are 3 key areas in the life of an adolescent which a parent influences: the home and family life; the peers of the child; and a child’s community (Carlson, 2010).
Cheng, J. (2012). The Effect Factor for Students’ Deviant Behavior. The Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning, 8(2).
In this evidence-based article, Cheng (2012) pointed out that cases of deviant behavior amongst students have currently become serious. The research conducted by Cheng (2012) probed into deviance and used social control theory and attachment theory, in addition to teacher-student and parent-child relationship. The aim of Cheng’s research was to identify the more important influence – parents or teachers – on students to indicate the effect of parents and teachers on the behavior of students. The findings demonstrated that teacher-students relationships and parent-child relationships influence deviant behavior in a negative way. This evidence-based article by Cheng (2012) is relevant and applicable to my chosen topic of Crime and Deviance by demonstrating that the relationship between children and their parent and the relationship between teachers and their students actually has a negative influence on deviant behavior of teenagers. It also shows that the key factors of the deviant behavior of students include parent-child relationship, teacher-student relationship, as well as social control.
Dornbusch, S. M., Erickson., K. G., Laird, J., & Wong, C. A. (2009). The Relation of Family and School Attachment to Adolescent Deviance in Diverse Groups and Communities. Journal of Adolescent Research, 16(4):396-422
This article reports on a longitudinal study conducted by Dornbusch et al. (2009) that utilized a national probability sample of teenagers to investigate if attachments to the school and family lowered 5 types of adolescent deviance: delinquency, the use of marijuana, alcohol use, violent behavior, as well as cigarette smoking. Dornsbusch et al. (2009) evaluated if these factors lowered the overall intensity, frequency, and prevalence of every problem behavior. In addition, the study investigated the power of these attachments to decrease deviance amongst teenagers who were differentiated in terms of ethnicity, gender, as well as the level of economic deprivation of their community. In general, the attachments of adolescents to school and family tended to decrease the overall intensity, prevalence, as well as frequency of deviant behavior in spite of ethnic group, gender, and community context. This evidence-based article is applicable and relevant to my research topic since it helps to understand if the attachments of teenagers to the school and to the family actually lowers various forms of adolescent deviance.
Quinney, R. (2009). Is Criminal Behavior Deviant Behavior? British Journal of Criminology, 5(2):132-142.
In this evidence-based journal article, Quinney (2009) examines the relation between deviant behavior and criminal behavior, as well as the relation between social norms and criminal law. The author pointed out that these relationships could be taken as objects of study in their own. One of the fundamental suppositions in the study of criminal behavior, according to Quinney (2009), is that behavior in infringement of the criminal law also constitutes deviation from other norms. In his investigation, the criminologist often proceeds on the basis that the criminal law exemplifies significant social norms and that these social norms are held by nearly everyone in society. This journal article is applicable and relevant to the chosen topic in that it offers more knowledge as to whether criminal behavior actually constitutes deviant behavior. It presents a better understanding of the connection between deviance and crime. Quinney (2009) asserted that criminal behavior is not necessarily deviant. Some criminal behavior such as gambling, is actually not deviant in some places.
Tittle, C. R., Ward, D. A., & Grasmick, H. G. (2003). Gender, Age, and Crime/Deviance: A Challenge to Self-Control Theory. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 40(4): 426-453
Focusing on age as well as gender variations and making use of different measures of self-control and of deviance/crime, Tittle, Ward, and Grasmick (2003) offer more evidence with regard to the strongest insinuations of the self-control theory. They stated that self-control interprets the key demographic facts as regards crime/deviance. The results very much support the self-control theory, demonstrating that some measures of self-control both predict and interpret the relationships between age and gender and measures of deviance/crime. Conversely, self-control does not seem to predict misbehavior equally well amongst different sub-categories of people, especially not for age groups and even fails to predict misbehavior at all for some groups (Tittle, Ward & Grasmick, 2003). This evidence-based article is applicable and relevant for the topic of Crime and Deviance since it provides significance evidence regarding the impli...