Objective: This study reassesses the generational disparity in immigrant offending. Patterns and predictors of offending are compared using traditional peer-based models and an alternative within-family (parent–child dyad) model. Method: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979; NLSY79) and NLSY-Child and Young Adult (NLSY_CYA) data are merged to create an intergenerational data set to compare generational disparities in immigrant offending across peers and within families. Differences in self-reported offending (prevalence and variety) by immigrant generation are assessed using a combination of descriptive analyses (χ2 and analysis of variance) and regression models. Results: While NLSY_CYA children generally are at a greater risk of offending compared with the NLSY79 mothers, the difference in offending is greatest between first-generation mom and second-generation child dyads. Disparities in offending are driven in large part by exceedingly low levels of offending among first-generation immigrants. Conclusion: Although the factors driving an increase in offending between parent–child generations are not unique to immigrants, they are amplified in immigrant families. Whereas the second generation is remarkably similar to their U.S.-born counterparts in terms of their involvement in crime, suggesting a high degree of swift integration, the greater involvement in crime among the children of immigrants compared to their foreign-born mothers suggests a decline in well-being across successive generations.

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重新评估移民犯罪的世代差距：犯罪参与的家庭内部比较

目的：本研究重新评估了移民犯罪的世代差异。使用传统的基于同伴的模型和替代的家庭内部（父母-儿童双子）模型比较犯罪的模式和预测因子。方法：将国家青年纵向调查（1979; NLSY79）和NLSY-儿童和青年成人（NLSY_CYA）数据合并以创建一个代际数据集，以比较同龄人和家庭内移民犯罪的世代差异。使用描述性分析（χ2和方差分析）和回归模型的组合来评估由移民产生的自我报告的犯罪行为（患病率和多样性）的差异。结果：虽然与NLSY79母亲相比，NLSY_CYA儿童通常有更大的犯罪风险，第一代妈妈和第二代儿童双双之间在犯罪方面的差异最大。第一代移民的犯罪率极低是造成犯罪差异的主要原因。结论：尽管驱使亲子世代间犯罪增加的因素并非移民所独有，但在移民家庭中却更为明显。尽管第二代人在犯罪方面与美国出生的同龄人非常相似，这表明他们高度融合，但移民子女与外国出生的母亲相比，对犯罪的更多参与表明其犯罪率有所下降。历代人的福祉。第一代移民的犯罪率极低是造成犯罪差异的主要原因。结论：尽管驱使亲子世代间犯罪增加的因素并非移民所独有，但在移民家庭中却更为明显。尽管第二代人在犯罪方面与美国出生的同龄人非常相似，这表明他们高度融合，但移民子女与外国出生的母亲相比，对犯罪的更多参与表明其犯罪率有所下降。历代人的福祉。第一代移民的犯罪率极低是造成犯罪差异的主要原因。结论：尽管驱使亲子世代间犯罪增加的因素并非移民所独有，但在移民家庭中却更为明显。尽管第二代人在犯罪方面与美国出生的同龄人非常相似，这表明他们高度融合，但移民子女与外国出生的母亲相比，对犯罪的更多参与表明其犯罪率有所下降。历代人的福祉。