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Family structure and adolescent alcohol use problems: Extending popular explanations to American Indians by Eitle, Tamela McNulty, Johnson-Jennings, Michelle, Eitle, David J.

“…·We explore why family structure predicts alcohol problems for American Indian youth.·Single parent family is not a risk factor after considering stress and…”
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Race, Coping Strategies, and Substance Use Behaviors: A Preliminary Analysis Examining White and American Indian Adolescents by Eitle, Tamela McNulty, Eitle, David

“…The association between stress exposure and substance use has been the subject of numerous studies. However, no prior study has explored the role of coping…”
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Methamphetamine Use among Rural White and Native American Adolescents: An Application of the Stress Process Model by Eitle, David J, Eitle, Tamela McNulty

“…Methamphetamine use has been identified as having significant adverse health consequences, yet we know little about the correlates of its use. Additionally,…”
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Examining Direct and Indirect Pathways between Adolescent Extra-Familial Criminal Victimization and Adult Mental Health by Eitle, David

“…This study examines the association between extra-familial criminal victimizations in adolescence and two mental health outcomes—depressive symptomology and…”
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Race, Cultural Capital, and the Educational Effects of Participation in Sports by Eitle, Tamela McNulty, Eitle, David J.

“…The relationship between participation in sports and academic achievement is examined by exploring both the factors that predict participation in different…”
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School and County Characteristics as Predictors of School Rates of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Offenses by Eitle, David J., Eitle, Tamela McNulty

“…Despite evidence that school factors are associated with differences in various types of student behavior, little research has explored the predictive utility…”
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Accountability in a Postdesegregation Era: The Continuing Significance of Racial Segregation in Florida's Schools by Borman, Kathryn M., Eitle, Tamela McNulty, Michael, Deanna, Eitle, David J., Lee, Reginald, Johnson, Larry, Cobb-Roberts, Deirdre, Dorn, Sherman, Shircliffe, Barbara

“…In the wake of both the end of court-ordered school desegregation and the growing popularity of accountability as a mechanism to maximize student achievement,…”
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Exploring a source of deviance-producing strain for females: Perceived discrimination and general strain theory by Eitle, David J

“…While the oppression of women has been held by many feminist criminologists to be at the core of female crime, little research had explored the link between…”
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Religion and Gambling Among Young Adults in the United States: Moral Communities and the Deterrence Hypothesis by Eitle, David

“…Despite voluminous research examining religion as an integrative force and a mechanism of social control, relatively few studies have examined the association…”
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General strain theory, persistence, and desistance among young adult males by Eitle, David

“…Despite the surge in scholarly activity investigating the criminal career, relatively less attention has been devoted to the issue of criminal desistance…”
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The Deterrence Hypothesis Reexamined: Sports Participation and Substance Use among Young Adults by Eitle, David, Turner, R. Jay, Eitle, Tamela McNulty

“…The widely held notion that sports participation reduces subsequent risk of substance use is evaluated with longitudinal data of a representative sample of…”
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School contextual factors and race differences in adolescent sexual behaviors by Eitle, David, Thorsen, Maggie

“…Although there exist a voluminous number of studies examining predictors of adolescent sexual behavior, few studies have explored the role of the school social…”
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Revisiting the Racial Threat Thesis: The Role of Police Organizational Characteristics in Predicting Race-Specific Drug Arrest Rates by Eitle, David, Monahan, Susanne

“…Previous research examining the relationship between structural factors and drug arrest rates has neglected the role of the police organization. A central…”
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The Moderating Role of BIS/BAS Personality Tendencies in the Relationship between General Strain and Crime by Taylor, John, Eitle, David

“…This article extends general strain theory by examining the role of the behavioral approach systems (BAS) and behavioral inhibition systems (BIS) in moderating…”
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The Influence of Mandatory Arrest Policies, Police Organizational Characteristics, and Situational Variables on the Probability of Arrest in Domestic Violence Cases by Eitle, David

“…Prior research into factors predicting arrest in domestic violence cases is limited in three regards: (a) no examination of whether mandatory arrest policies…”
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Regulatory justice: A re-examination of the influence of class position on the punishment of white-collar crime by Eitle, David J.

“…The issue of class bias in response to white-collar crime offenders remains unresolved because of data limitations, research design problems, and debates over…”
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Are Hispanics the new ‘Threat’? Minority group threat and fear of crime in Miami-Dade County by Eitle, David, Taylor, John

“…Research examining the determinants of fear of crime has arguably raised more questions than it has answered. This exploratory study addresses one of the…”
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Weight Status and Substance Use among Urban American Indian Adolescents: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health by Eitle, David, Eitle, Tamela McNulty

“…American Indians have among the highest prevalence rates for both substance use and obesity, yet there is a dearth of studies that have examined this…”
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Dimensions of racial segregation, hypersegregation, and Black homicide rates by Eitle, David

“…Prior research assessing the association between racial residential segregation and Black urban homicides has not considered each of the five dimensions of…”
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The moderating effects of peer substance use on the family structure–adolescent substance use association: Quantity versus quality of parenting by Eitle, David

“…This study examines the association between family structure and adolescent substance use, specifically focusing on the potential conditioning effects of the…”
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