Understanding Latino Delinquency: The Applicability of Strain Theory by Ethnicity Book

Perez McCluskey (criminal justice, Michigan State U.) examines whether one general theory of antisocial behavior—traditional strain theory—is universal in its application to ethnic groups, or whether it is historically and culturally specific and, therefore, not applicable to Latinos in the same way it applies to other ethnic groups. The author uses data from the Denver Youth Survey and the Rochester Youth Development Study to test strain theory across two separate Latino groups and their white and African-American counterparts. She concludes that strain theory does not explain Latino delinquency as well as it does that of the other groups.

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