Perceptions of Parental Monitoring and Juvenile Delinquency - CANCELLED

• In Event: Juvenile Delinquency and the Family: Additional Evidence

Abstract

Prior research has found that higher parental monitoring is associated with lessened juvenile delinquency. However, little research investigates the link between children’s and parents’ perceptions of monitoring and supervision as it relates to delinquency. Drawing on social bonds theory, I use data from the Rochester Intergenerational Study (RIGS) to examine the gap between parental perceptions and child perceptions of child monitoring and the relationship between this gap and delinquency. Preliminary models suggest that when parental perception of monitoring is higher than child perception of monitoring, children are more likely to be involved in juvenile delinquency. This is consistent with criminological research about the importance of perception, and has implications for the study of juvenile delinquency as it relates to supervision.

Author

• Jaz Vallin, Penn State University