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Defiance and Despair: Subcultural and Structural Linkages between Delinquency and Despair in the Life Course.

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Hagan, John – Social Forces, 1997

A 19-year multiwave panel study (1976-95) in suburban Toronto (Ontario), tracking adolescents into their mid-30s, found a "sleeper effect" of adolescent rebellion. Delinquent youth dropped out of school; showed no significant signs of distress in early adulthood; but were frequently unemployed by midlife, with accompanying feelings of…

Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Delinquency, Depression (Psychology)

Destiny and Drift: Subcultural Preferences, Status Attainments, and the Risks and Rewards of Youth.

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Hagan, John – American Sociological Review, 1991

Combining models of drift and life-course conceptualization, a 13-year panel study in a Toronto (Canada) suburb examines the effects of adolescent subcultural preferences on later adult status attainments. Two subcultures are identified (delinquency and party) for 693 secondary school students initially and 430 of them after 13 years. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies