Despite evidence that American Indian (AI) adolescents are disproportionately involved in crime and delinquent behavior, there exists scant research exploring the correlates of crime among this group. We posit that Agnew’s General Strain Theory (GST) is well suited to explain AI delinquent activity. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examined a subsample of AI students—a study that represents, to the best of our knowledge, the initial published test of GST principles used to explain AI delinquent behavior. Overall, we find mixed support for the core principles of GST applying to AI delinquent behavior. We also found evidence that some of the personal and social resources identified by Agnew condition the strain–delinquent behavior relationship, albeit, sometimes in ways that are not entirely consistent with GST.

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一般应变理论和犯罪

尽管有证据表明美洲印第安人 (AI) 青少年不成比例地参与犯罪和违法行为，但探索该群体犯罪相关性的研究却很少。我们假设 Agnew 的一般应变理论 (GST) 非常适合解释 AI 犯罪活动。使用全国青少年健康纵向研究，我们检查了 AI 学生的子样本——据我们所知，这项研究代表了最初发布的用于解释 AI 犯罪行为的 GST 原则测试。总体而言，我们发现对适用于 AI 犯罪行为的 GST 核心原则的支持不一。我们还发现证据表明，Agnew 确定的一些个人和社会资源构成了紧张-违法行为的关系，尽管有时以与商品及服务税不完全一致的方式。