Purpose Though prior research has established the separate effects of romantic relationships and immigrant status on offending, few studies have combined these areas to assess how immigrant status may condition the effect of romantic relationships on crime. Further, fewer studies strive to uncover the potential mechanisms of the relationship effect. Methods Using data from the Pathways to Desistance study, this study examined the effects of relational quality, monitoring, and tolerance of deviance on later offending and if these effects differed among first-generation, second-generation, and native-born youth. Results While tolerance of deviance and monitoring were found to predict decreased offending among the second-generation and native-born youth, only tolerance of deviance predicted decreased offending for the first-generation youth. Conclusions Although there were no meaningful differences between the second-generation and native-born youth with respect to desistance mechanisms, relational monitoring was not associated with desistance among the first-generation youth. Relational quality was not associated with desistance for any subgroup. These findings have important implications for social control theories and suggest individual differences such as immigrant status may condition the effects of social bonds on offending. Potential cultural differences such as “familismo” may help explain these effects and are worthy of further consideration.

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移民身份，犯罪和生活状况：关系特征重要吗？

目的尽管先前的研究已经确定了恋爱关系和移民身份对犯罪的单独影响，但很少有研究将这些方面结合起来评估移民身份如何影响恋爱关系对犯罪的影响。此外，很少有研究试图揭示这种关系效应的潜在机制。方法使用来自“通往疾病的途径”研究的数据，本研究研究了关系质量，监测和偏差容忍度对以后犯罪的影响，以及这些影响在第一代，第二代和本地出生的年轻人中是否不同。结果虽然发现偏差容忍度和监测能力可以预测第二代和本地出生青年的犯罪减少，但是只有偏差容忍度可以预测第一代青年的犯罪减少。结论尽管在第二代和本地出生的青年之间在抗病机制方面没有有意义的差异，但是关系监控与第一代青年中的抗病没有关联。关系质量与任何亚组的缺乏都没有关系。这些发现对社会控制理论具有重要意义，并表明个体差异（例如移民身份）可能会限制社会纽带对犯罪的影响。潜在的文化差异（例如“家族主义”）可能有助于解释这些影响，值得进一步考虑。关系质量与任何亚组的缺乏都没有关系。这些发现对社会控制理论具有重要意义，并表明个体差异（例如移民身份）可能会限制社会纽带对犯罪的影响。潜在的文化差异（例如“家族主义”）可能有助于解释这些影响，值得进一步考虑。关系质量与任何亚组的缺乏都没有关系。这些发现对社会控制理论具有重要意义，并表明个体差异（例如移民身份）可能会限制社会纽带对犯罪的影响。潜在的文化差异（例如“家族主义”）可能有助于解释这些影响，值得进一步考虑。