Young Drivers Accidents And Delinquency: Modeling And General Theories of Crime (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship)

266 Pages·2006·2.54 MB·English

by  Steven J. Ellwanger

Criminal Justice
Recent Scholarship

Edited by
Marilyn McShane and Frank P. Williams III

A Series from LFB Scholarly
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Young Driver Accidents and
Delinquency
Modeling and General Theories of Crime

Steven J. Ellwanger

LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
New York 2006
Copyright © 2006 by LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC

All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ellwanger, Steven J., 1971-
Young driver accidents and delinquency : modeling and general
theories of crime / Steven J. Ellwanger.
p. cm. -- (Criminal justice recent scholarship)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-59332-194-5 (alk. paper)
1. Teenage automobile drivers--United States--Psychology. 2. Traffic
accidents--United States--Psychological aspects. 3. Traffic accidents--
Social aspects--United States. 4. Juvenile delinquency--United States.
I. Title.
HE5620.J8E44 2006
363.12'5108350973--dc22

2006019392

ISBN 1-59332-194-5

Printed on acid-free 250-year-life paper.

Manufactured in the United States of America.
For my wife Susan and son Ethan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Tables........................................................................................ix

List of Figures.......................................................................................xi

Acknowledgements….........................................................................xiii

Preface….............................................................................................xv

Chapter 1: Institutions and Young Driver Accidents and Driving
Delinquency.........................................................................1

Chapter 2: Self-Control and Young Driver Accidents and Driving
Delinquency.......................................................................27

Chapter 3: Strain and Young Driver Accidents and Driving
Delinquency.......................................................................53

Chapter 4: Analytic Strategy................................................................73

Chapter 5: Development of ‘Driving Frustration’ Scale......................97

Chapter 6: A Test of Two General Theories of Crime/Delinquency
in the Context of Driving.................................................123

Chapter 7: Implications for Policy and Theory..................................165

Appendix A: ‘Driving Frustration’ Item Generation Survey.............179

Appendix B: ‘Driving Frustration’ Factor Extraction Eigenvalues and
Variance Explained......................................................185

Appendix C: ‘Driving Frustration’ Factor Pattern Matrix.................187

Appendix D: ‘Driving Frustration Factor Correlation Matrix............189

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Appendix E: Development of a ‘Driving Frustration’ Scale IRB
approval........................................................................191

Appendix F: Modeling Young Driver Accidents: The Role of Strain,
Self-Control, and Institutions and Processes in Young
Driver Accidents and Driving Delinquency IRB
Approval.......................................................................193

Appendix G: Washington Driver’s Experience Survey.....................195

Appendix H: ‘Driving Delinquency’ Factor Extraction Eigenvalues and
Cumulative Variance Explained...................................203

Appendix I: ‘Driving Delinquency Factor Pattern Matrix.................205

Appendix J: ‘Driving Delinquency Factor Correlation Matrix..........207

Appendix K: Univariate Missing Data Frequencies..........................209

Appendix L: Missing Data Separate Variance T-tests.......................211

Appendix M: Full Structural Regression Model AMOS 4.0
Output...........................................................................212

References..........................................................................................227

Index..................................................................................................243
LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1: Grasmick et al. Low Self-Control Scale Items....................44

Table 4.1: Hierarchical Linear Regression Power Computation..........84

Table 5.1: Driving Frustration Scale Items........................................110

Table 5.2: Driving Frustration Factor Scores.....................................113

Table 5.3: Driving Frustration Sub-Scale and Instrument Reliability
Estimates..........................................................................118

Table 6.1: Driving Delinquency Scale Items.....................................128

Table 6.2: Categorical Control Variable Frequency Distribution......129

Table 6.3: Continuous Control Variable Data Distribution...............130

Table 6.4: Observable Variable Skewness and Kurtosis Descriptive
Statistics...........................................................................131

Table 6.5: First- and Second-Order Measurement Model
Comparisons....................................................................149

Table 6.6: Control Variable Zero-Order and Structural Regression
Model Correlation Comparison........................................158

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