INTEGRATING OFFENDING VERSATILITY INTO THE BALANCE PERSPECTIVE OF PEER INFLUENCE

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dc.contributor.advisorMcGloin, Jean Men_US
dc.contributor.authorPheasant, Benjaminen_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.accessioned2020-02-01T06:35:37Z
dc.date.available2020-02-01T06:35:37Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractThe balance perspective advocates for scholars to consider peer influence as both reciprocal and relative, asserting that adolescents will alter their behavior when there is an imbalance in delinquency with a peer. McGloin (2009) found support for balance when applied to frequency of offending. There is reason to suspect that this drive for behavioral homeostasis should emerge with regard to an adolescent’s offending versatility, as well. This thesis uses the AddHealth data to explore whether adolescent alter their offending versatility to achieve behavioral “balance” with a best friend, and friendship stability moderates this relationship. The results provide support for the balance perspective and suggest that respondents alter their offending versatility to become more similar to their best friend over time.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/jabc-gzyi
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25401
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBalanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCrimeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPeersen_US
dc.titleINTEGRATING OFFENDING VERSATILITY INTO THE BALANCE PERSPECTIVE OF PEER INFLUENCEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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