An analysis of protective and risk factors associated with no formal contact with the criminal justice system in a nationally representative sample of males and females

Rima D. Mukhamadieva G. Alimkulov E. Duzbayeva S. Beaver K.M.
2023 Routledge

Journal of Crime and Justice
2023 #46 Issue 2 267 - 281 pp.

Criminological research is largely focused on understanding the causes, correlates, and pathways to criminal behavior and contact with the criminal justice system. An equally important issue that has received comparatively less attention is a focus on understanding the correlates and causes of abstinence from criminal behavior and contact with the criminal justice system. The current study was designed to analyze the potential protective and risk factors associated with having no contact with the criminal justice system–that is, abstaining from criminal justice system contact. To do so, the authors analyzed data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). The results revealed that about 72 percent of respondents abstained from contact with the criminal justice system. Moreover, religion and intelligence were associated with increases in the odds of abstinence while low self-control, delinquent peers, and victimization were associated with reductions in the odds of abstinence for both males and females. We conclude by discussing the limitations of the study and directions for future research.

Abstainers , Add Health , crime , criminal justice , developmental , life course

Text of the article Перейти на текст статьи

Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law and Criminalistics, Al-Farabi Kazakh, National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Center for Social and Humanities Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Department of Criminal Law
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Center for Social and Humanities Research

10 лет помогаем публиковать статьи Международный издатель

Книга Публикация научной статьи Волощук 2026 Book Publication of a scientific article 2026