Social Mobility

After finishing up some research, i found an interesting scholarly article that uses "social mobility" as more of a connection to delinquent behavior, rather than social class. The article is "Social Class, Social Mobility and Delinquent Behavior." Author Gerald J. Pine explains how students who move up or down the social structure will impact juvenile delinquency. So....What i got out of this study was that it's not the social class that a juvenile is a part of that will determine their chances of criminal acts, but rather their social structure status. A subject who is moving upward in the social structure is less involved with delinquency rather than a subject who is moving downward. This "social structure status" is where an individual sees themselves in society.