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More contemporary control theorists such as Robert Crutchfield take the theory into a new light, suggesting labor market experiences not only affect the attitudes and the "stakes" of individual workers, but can also affect the development of their children's views toward conformity and cause involvement in delinquency. This is an ongoing study as he has found a significant relationship between parental labor market involvement and children's delinquency, but has not empirically demonstrated the mediating role of parents' or children's attitudes. [1]In a study conducted by Tim Wadsworth, the relationship between parent's employment and children's delinquency, which was previously suggested by Crutchfield (1993), was shown empirically for the first time. The findings from this study supported the idea that the relationship between socioeconomic status and delinquency might be better understood if the quality of employment and its role as an informal social control is closely examined.[2]
- ^ Wadsworth, T. (2000). "Labor markets, delinquency, and social control theory: An empirical assessment of the mediating process". Social Forces. 78 (3): 1041–66. doi:10.1093/sf/78.3.1041.
- ^ Crutchfield, R.D., M. Rankin and S.R. Pitchford, “Inheriting Stakes in Conformity: Effects of Parents' Labor Market Experience on Juvenile Delinquency,” presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Phoenix, 1993.