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Race, Ethnicity, and Deviance: A Study of Asian and Non-Asian Adolescents in America

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This study shows that Asian American adolescents commit less deviance in the form of school misbehavior than white, black, Hispanic, or Native American adolescents. Social control and social learning theories receive support as the observed differences are explained primarily by race/ethnic differences in family backgrounds and school bonding. These variables' explanatory ability tends to be invariant across four regional groups of Asian Americans. This study applies OLS regression to self-reported data from a nationally representative sample.

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Jang, S.J. Race, Ethnicity, and Deviance: A Study of Asian and Non-Asian Adolescents in America. Sociological Forum 17, 647–680 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021081524775

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