Mens & Maatschappij - Volume 84, Issue 2, 2009

Static versus dynamic theories as explanations for intergenerational transmission of crime . Parental criminal behaviour exerts a substantial impact on offspring criminal behaviour. Unfortunately however, the explanation for the intergenerational transmission of crime remains unclear. To compare and contrast two possible explanations, we address the question of whether the timing of a father’s criminal acts predicts the li Read More

The impact of the mother tongue on the acquisition of Dutch as a destination language: The case of 13 West-European first languages . This study reports on the impact of 13 West-European first languages spoken in 18 different language regions on the acquisition of Dutch. Results based on data from approximately 5,500 first-generation migrants, showed that the mother tongue had a considerable impact on the scores for t Read More

The intergenerational reproduction of cultural capital in its embodied, institutionalized, and objectified states . According to Bourdieu, cultural capital manifests itself in three states: the institutionalized state, the embodied state, and the objectified state. Empirical research using the notion of cultural capital has never operationalized the concept fully, i.e., using indicators of all three states. We provide such a threefold meas Read More

Recorded crime as an indicator of the integration of individuals of non-Western origin. In this article, we seek to find out to what extent the various ethnic groups residing in the Netherlands are (over)represented as suspects in the recorded crime statistics. This research reveals that even after correcting for a number of socioeconomic background variables, the probability of being suspected of an offence is still considerably gre Read More