THE EFFECTS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE ON SCHOOL CRIME: COMMUNITY AND CRIME TYPE VARIATIONS

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dc.contributor.advisorGottfredson, Denise Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorDevlin, Deanna Nicoleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-17T05:52:25Z
dc.date.available2018-07-17T05:52:25Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough crime on school grounds is lower than it has been in previous years, school crime still remains prevalent. Concern for school safety has resulted in school administrators, policy makers and parents seeking new ways to reduce school crime. Many of these efforts involve school staff in maintaining order. However, in addition to these efforts, schools have also begun forming partnerships with external parties to reduce crime on school grounds. These partners have consisted of law enforcement, community organizations, social service agencies, and sometimes parents. Typically, parental involvement has involved activities such as participating in PTA meetings, attending parent-teacher conferences and monitoring children’s homework. However, parents also have the potential to help reduce school crime when they collaborate with schools in maintaining safety on school grounds. Parents, when engaged in this way, can affect school crime by influencing important aspects of the school climate such as the culture of the school and discipline management. However, it is likely that these effects may vary by the type of community in which the school is located and where the families reside. To date, this type of parental involvement has not been rigorously evaluated. This study used a longitudinal sample from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) for the years 2004, 2006, and 2008, to examine the effects of parental involvement in maintaining discipline on school crime. These effects were assessed across differing types of communities and across different crime types. Further, this study tested whether this type of parental involvement serves as a mediator in the relationship between community disadvantage and school crime. Overall, the findings indicated that parental involvement in maintaining discipline was not associated with any of the school crime types. Additionally, this effect was not moderated by level of community disadvantage.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M26M3368N
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20856
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddelinquency preventionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledjuvenile delinquencyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledparental involvementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledschool crimeen_US
dc.titleTHE EFFECTS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE ON SCHOOL CRIME: COMMUNITY AND CRIME TYPE VARIATIONSen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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