A Latent Class Analysis
In the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency “A Latent Class Analysis Of Family Characteristics Linked To Youth Offending Outcomes” written by several authors Grace S. Chng, Chi Meng Chu, Gerald Zeng, Dongdong Li, and Ming Hwa Ting focuses on how family backgrounds does matter if a youth becomes an offender. The article focuses on how common family risk factors are related to the outcome of youth offending recidivism. Shows how the family background does contribute to wither a youth turns into an offender. According to the authors Chng, Chu, Zeng, Li, and Ting they stated that “Therefore, the effects of parental problems such as divorce, marital conflict, high work stress, and so on, are often not contained to the parent but spills
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The Bayesian information criterion (BIC) and sample size adjusted (SBIC) are used across the latent classes. The BIC and SBIC values in comparison to the three-class solution were much lower than the two and four class. “ The LMRT revealed that the three-class solution was significantly better than the two-class solution, although the four- class solution was also shown to be significantly better. The five-class solution was shown to not be significantly better than a four-class solution” (Chng, Chu, Zeng, Li, Ting, 2016,p774). The three-class solution was found reliable in order to identify and distinguish the family classes. Men under the three-class solution were most likely to score poorly on the parenting scale. Families with criminality, poor managed families, and intact function families resulted in men having the poorest scores throughout the study. This connects back to where males are more likely to be an offender. In all the different classes of families the men were the one who got the lowest scores. The nonitact family is more on the level of being a poorly managed family class and characterized by higher level of poor parenting or showing the presence of martial conflict. The three subgroups mentioned are classified as intact functioning families, families with criminality, poorly managed …show more content…
Regoli, John D. Hewitt, and Matt Delisi relates to the research. “Although poverty and family circumstances set the initial conditions for delinquency, in that children born in disadvantaged areas are most frequently exposed to criminogenic conditions”(Delisi, Hewitt, and Regoli, 2014 p238). “Delinquent behavior may not the results of lifelong learning, but a results of immediate and current relationships with delinquent peers”(Delisi, Hewitt, and Regoli 2014 p154). The way it builds a connection with one another is that they both cover on how family background can lead to juvenile delinquency. Overall, the results from the study confirm that family is crucial to the outcome of youth either becoming an offender. Knowing how to deal with family issues can help reduce juvenile delinquency. Youth offenders were more likely to be charged at younger ages from the two latter classes. It concludes that family background does have great influences on wither youth turn into youth
The Bayesian information criterion (BIC) and sample size adjusted (SBIC) are used across the latent classes. The BIC and SBIC values in comparison to the three-class solution were much lower than the two and four class. “ The LMRT revealed that the three-class solution was significantly better than the two-class solution, although the four- class solution was also shown to be significantly better. The five-class solution was shown to not be significantly better than a four-class solution” (Chng, Chu, Zeng, Li, Ting, 2016,p774). The three-class solution was found reliable in order to identify and distinguish the family classes. Men under the three-class solution were most likely to score poorly on the parenting scale. Families with criminality, poor managed families, and intact function families resulted in men having the poorest scores throughout the study. This connects back to where males are more likely to be an offender. In all the different classes of families the men were the one who got the lowest scores. The nonitact family is more on the level of being a poorly managed family class and characterized by higher level of poor parenting or showing the presence of martial conflict. The three subgroups mentioned are classified as intact functioning families, families with criminality, poorly managed …show more content…
Regoli, John D. Hewitt, and Matt Delisi relates to the research. “Although poverty and family circumstances set the initial conditions for delinquency, in that children born in disadvantaged areas are most frequently exposed to criminogenic conditions”(Delisi, Hewitt, and Regoli, 2014 p238). “Delinquent behavior may not the results of lifelong learning, but a results of immediate and current relationships with delinquent peers”(Delisi, Hewitt, and Regoli 2014 p154). The way it builds a connection with one another is that they both cover on how family background can lead to juvenile delinquency. Overall, the results from the study confirm that family is crucial to the outcome of youth either becoming an offender. Knowing how to deal with family issues can help reduce juvenile delinquency. Youth offenders were more likely to be charged at younger ages from the two latter classes. It concludes that family background does have great influences on wither youth turn into youth