NCJ Number
95343
Journal
Sociological Quarterly Volume: 25 Issue: 3 Dated: (Summer 1984) Pages: 353-371
Date Published
1984
Length
13 pages
Annotation
The social learning and social bonding theories of deviant behavior were investigated in four community contexts: farm, rural-nonfarm, suburban, and urban.
Abstract
The mean differences across these contexts on pertinant variables did not form a continuum from rural to urban. Rather, the farm and suburban areas were similar, and the rural-nonfarm and urban areas were more alike than either of the other two contexts. A number of the social bonding variables interacted with community context, but no systematic pattern was observed. Social learning variables did not interact with context. Rather, the different level of these variables appeared to account for the variance in deviant behavior. Tabular data and 47 references are provided. (Author abstract modified)