Debora L. Osgood
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View article: Expanding the Scarcity Rationale: The Constitutionality of Public Access Requirements in Cable Franchise Agreements
Expanding the Scarcity Rationale: The Constitutionality of Public Access Requirements in Cable Franchise Agreements Open
This Note argues that public access requirements should be upheld because they are constitutional and because they further the goals of the first amendment. As background for the debate over public access, Part I provides a brief descripti…
View article: Delinquency, unstructured socializing, and social change: The rise and fall of a teen culture of independence
Delinquency, unstructured socializing, and social change: The rise and fall of a teen culture of independence Open
This article delves into the connections between time trends in unstructured socializing and other dramatic changes in adolescence since the 1950s. Osgood et al.’s (1996) individual‐level application of routine activity theory proposed tha…
View article: Changing contexts: A quasi-experiment examining adolescent delinquency and the transition to high school
Changing contexts: A quasi-experiment examining adolescent delinquency and the transition to high school Open
A quasi-experiment examining adolescent delinquency and the transition to high school 2 .
View article: Changing contexts: A quasi‐experiment examining adolescent delinquency and the transition to high school
Changing contexts: A quasi‐experiment examining adolescent delinquency and the transition to high school Open
In a quasi‐experiment, we examine whether changing schools during the transition from 8th to 9th grade influences adolescent delinquency, using a sample of more than 14,000 students in 26 public school districts (PROSPER study). The datase…
View article: Similarity of friends versus nonfriends in adolescence: Developmental patterns and ecological influences.
Similarity of friends versus nonfriends in adolescence: Developmental patterns and ecological influences. Open
This study examines developmental change across adolescence in the similarity of friends versus nonfriends. This differential in similarity is a key aspect of the organization of the peer context of development: The stronger the correlatio…
View article: Vulnerable Populations and the Transition to Adulthood
Vulnerable Populations and the Transition to Adulthood Open
D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, and Mark E. Courtney examine the transition to adulthood for youth involved in social service and justice systems during childhood and adolescence. They survey the challenges faced by youth in the mental…
View article: EXPLAINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY*
EXPLAINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY* Open
Most criminological theories predict an inverse relationship between employment and crime, but teenagers' involvement in paid work during the school year is positively correlated with delinquency and substance use. Whether the work-delinqu…