Objectives: We examine the impacts of adolescent arrest on friendship networks. In particular, we extend labeling theory by testing hypotheses for three potential mechanisms of interpersonal exclusion related to the stigma of arrest: rejection, withdrawal, and homophily. Method: We use longitudinal data on 48 peer networks from PROSPER, a study of rural youth followed through middle and high school. We test our hypotheses using stochastic actor–based models. Results: Our findings suggest that arrested youth are less likely to receive friendship ties from school peers and are also less likely to extend them. Moreover, these negative associations are attenuated by higher levels of risky behaviors among peers, suggesting that results are driven by exclusion from normative rather than nonnormative friendships. We find evidence of homophily on arrest but it appears to be driven by other selection mechanisms rather than a direct preference for similarity on arrest. Conclusions: Overall, our findings speak to how an arrest may foster social exclusion in rural schools, thereby limiting social capital for already disadvantaged youth.

目标：我们研究青少年被捕对友谊网络的影响。特别是，我们通过测试与逮捕耻辱相关的三种潜在人际排斥机制的假设来扩展标签理论：拒绝、退缩和同质性。方法：我们使用 PROSPER 中 48 个同侪网络的纵向数据，PROSPER 是一项针对农村青少年完成初中和高中阶段的研究。我们使用基于随机参与者的模型来测试我们的假设。结果：我们的研究结果表明，被捕的青少年不太可能从同龄人那里获得友谊，也不太可能扩大这种友谊。此外，这些负面关联会因同伴之间较高水平的危险行为而减弱，这表明结果是由规范友谊而非非规范友谊的排斥所驱动的。我们发现了逮捕时同质性的证据，但它似乎是由其他选择机制驱动的，而不是直接偏好逮捕时的相似性。结论：总体而言，我们的研究结果表明逮捕可能会加剧农村学校的社会排斥，从而限制本已处于不利地位的青少年的社会资本。