Arrested Friendships? Justice Involvement and Interpersonal Exclusion among Rural Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examine the impacts of adolescent arrest on friendship networks. In particular, we extend labeling theory by testing hypotheses for three potential mechanisms of interpersonal exclusion related to the stigma of arrest: rejection, withdrawal, and homophily.

Method

We use longitudinal data on 48 peer networks from PROSPER, a study of rural youth followed through middle and high school. We test our hypotheses using stochastic actor-based models.

Results

Our findings suggest that arrested youth are less likely to receive friendship ties from school peers, and are also less likely to extend them. Moreover, these negative associations are attenuated by higher levels of risky behaviors among peers, suggesting that results are driven by exclusion from normative

SUBMITTER: Jacobsen WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10065590 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature