FAMILIAL VERSUS INSITUTIONAL SOCIALIZATION OF THE YOUNG TRAFFIC OFFENDER

THE DRIVING RECORDS, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND POLICE CONTACTS OF 8094 MALE UNDERGRADUATES AT A LARGE STATE UNIVERSITY WERE ANALYZED, AND EACH STUDENT'S HISTORY OF TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS AND CRASHES WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF HIS FATHER. THE POSITIVE CORRELATION FOUND BETWEEN FATHERS' AND SONS' CONVICTION INCIDENCE SUPPORTS THE HYPOTHESIS THAT DRIVING BEHAVIOR IS LEARNED MORE THROUGH FAMILIAL THAN THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL SOCIALIZATION AND THAT DELINQUENT FAMILIAL SOCIALIZATION RESULTS IN DELINQUENT TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR. THIS IS FURTHER SUPPORTED BY THE FINDINGS THAT THE STUDENT WITH NUMEROUS TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS IS DELINQUENT IN OTHER RESPECTS: (1) HIS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IS POORER THAN THAT OF HIS CONVICTION-FREE PEERS AND POORER THAN HIS OWN CAPABILITIES PERMIT AND (2) HE IS INVOLVED IN MORE NONVEHICULAR OFFENSES THAN THE STUDENT WITHOUT TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS. /HSL/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, No 1, PP 13-25, 16 REF
• Authors:
  • Carlson, W L
  • Klein, D
• Publication Date: 1970-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alternatives analysis; Behavior; Crash rates; Drivers; Records management; Social factors; Traffic conviction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Records
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220996
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 21 1970 12:00AM