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26 J. Offender Rehab. 1 (1997-1998)

handle is hein.journals/wjor26 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 26(1/2), 1997 Pp. 1-7. @ 1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Relative Involvement in Delinquency and Criminal Causality: A Theoretical Model Emphasizing Reciprocal Relations ARTHUR F. CLAGETT Stephen F Austin State University ABSTRACT In this paper, Clagett elaborates his theoretical model of Relative Involvement, developed during the past twenty years. Involve- ment, as conceptualized for this theoretical model, implies reacting closely related interactions among reciprocal variables and their relationships to delinquent and criminal behavior at three levels of causality. Those levels are analytically separable entities, but are not mutually reducible. Thus, the analytical levels are: the self, the social (i.e., micro-interactional), and the subcultural levels of causality. Major emphasis is devoted to each of those analytical levels of analysis, as well as (Sherif's) normative reference groups (not to be confused with Merton's comparison groups). Other important conceptual issues include: ego-attitudes and relative involve- ments of ego-attitudes. Finally, measurements of relative degrees of ego-in- volvements are explained through use of the Method of Ordered Alterna- tives (MOA). [Article copies available for a fee fiom The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail addess: getinfo@hawoiiVh.com] This author's intent is not to engage in analyzing the latest re-statement of a theory or empirical test of a causal model. Instead, he is hopeful that his formulated model of Relative Involvement will facilitate new theoreti- cal insights, which may be developed further by younger researchers more skilled in statistical manipulations [Note 1].