Carswell 978-1-59332-195-6


	Edited by Marilyn McShane and Frank P. Williams III

		Delinquency among African American Youth: Parental Attachment, Socioeconomic Status, and Peer Relationships
		Steven B. Carswell

			Carswell studies the relationships among parental attachment, socioeconomic status, peer relationships and participation in risk behaviors and delinquency among urban African American youth. He finds that higher socioeconomic status and parental attachment are related to decreased participation in risk behaviors in both deviant peer relationships and delinquency. Moreover, higher involvement in deviant peer relationships is related to greater participation in both risk behaviors and delinquency. The involvement of youth in delinquent behaviors is a reflection of a complex web of personal and public health problems in America that requires multiple prevention and intervention strategies designed to reduce risk factors and enhance protective factors in the individual, family, peer, school, and community domains.

		Steven B. Carswell is a sociologist who primarily studies relationships between community factors and the incidence and prevalence of health risk-taking behaviors and delinquency among urban African American youth. His interest in sociology grew from his observations of how social stratification and social inequality impact individuals in their immediate environments and in the societies in which they live. He earned his Ph.D. from American University in 2005.

		xiv, 200 pages. Index, bibliography. ISBN 978-1-59332-195-6 (casebound). $62. March 2007.