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Reading Deficiency and Delinquency: Interactions with Social, Physical, Human and Cultural Capital - Couverture souple

Briggs, Lisa T.

 
9783639441079: Reading Deficiency and Delinquency: Interactions with Social, Physical, Human and Cultural Capital
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639441079 ISBN 13 : 9783639441079
Editeur : AV Akademikerverlag, 2012

Synopsis

Revision with unchanged content. With data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the present study examines the effects of reading deficiency on delinquency through a series of OLS regression models. Data are drawn from the NLSY and reflect a sample size of 1,262. While the effects of IQ have been analyzed extensively in the literature, less attention has focused on the potential harmful effects of reading deficiency. This study builds on previous work, and includes several assessments of «academic» measures including IQ, reading comprehension, and digit span (sequencing ability) within the same model. Findings indicate that the addition of a variable measuring reading deficiency contributes to the prediction of delinquency. To further investigate the statistical relationships, interaction terms involving social, physical, human and cultural capital are tested. A path analysis is also conducted and reveals that reading deficiency could be also considered as a mediating variable between various exogenous factors and delinquency. Overall this book draws attention to the importance of literacy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. With data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the present study examines the effects of reading deficiency on delinquency through a series of OLS regression models. Data are drawn from the NLSY and reflect a sample size of 1,262. While the effects of IQ have been analyzed extensively in the literature, less attention has focused on the potential harmful effects of reading deficiency. This study builds on previous work, and includes several assessments of «academic» measures including IQ, reading comprehension, and digit span (sequencing ability) within the same model. Findings indicate that the addition of a variable measuring reading deficiency contributes to the prediction of delinquency. To further investigate the statistical relationships, interaction terms involving social, physical, human and cultural capital are tested. A path analysis is also conducted and reveals that reading deficiency could be also considered as a mediating variable between various exogenous factors and delinquency. Overall this book draws attention to the importance of literacy.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Lisa T. Briggs earned her Ph.D. from NC State with specializations in Crime and Delinquency and Inequality. She has two master degrees: Public Affairs and Sociology. She has field experience in law enforcement and has taught at several major universities including Univ. of Connecticut.; NC State; East Tenn. State; and Western Carolina University.

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Éditeur
AV Akademikerverlag
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639441079
ISBN 13 
9783639441079
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
244
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