*Supported by the Dr. James W. Longest Memorial Award from the University of Maryland Graduate School.
My dissertation highlights neighborhood normative contexts, namely, mean levels of tolerance of deviance as well as heterogeneity in tolerance of deviance as predictive of differences in offending.
Using the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) and multilevel analyses, I examine whether minority and immigrant youth are differentially exposed and differentially susceptible to criminogenic risk associated with neighborhood normative contexts compared to native-born white youth.
Findings contribute to theoretical clarity regarding patterns of offending across demographic groups and hold import for community and educational policies aimed at fostering protective relationships and experiences for youth of diverse backgrounds.