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

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Criminal Justice Recent Scholarship Edited by Marilyn McShane and Frank P. Williams III A Series from LFB Scholarly This page intentionally left blank 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 This page intentionally left blank 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 vii viii Table of Contents 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 ix

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