This study examined the effects of parental monitoring in order to discover specific ways that their re1ationships with their parents affect ado1escents' delinquent behaviour. Data were taken from the National Survey of Youth 1972, a survey of a representative samp1e of 1395 Americans in the age range 11-18 years. Conditions such as the age and sex of the respondents, their affectiona1 re1ation...

Using a 3-year longitudinal data set, we examined the effects of consistently versus inconsistently supportive parenting on several aspects of adolescent adjustment. Supportive parenting was a multidimensional construct which included parental sensitivity, predictability and involvement. The sample consisted of 283 German early adolescents (mean age=11.4 years, S.D.=1.2 at time 1) from former E...

The study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that time-limited group psychotherapy, led by therapists who offer high accurate empathy and nonpossessive warmth, would produce significant change in delinquent behavior. The obtained results support this hypothesis. Significant superiority of the treated Ss, as compared with a control group, was demonstrated in percentage of time spent out of in...

African American youth from single-mother homes continue to be overrepresented in statistics on risk behavior and delinquency, a trend that many be attributed to father-absence, socioeconomic disadvantage, and compromises in parenting more typical of single than two-parent families. Yet, this risk-focused perspective ignores a long-standing strength of the African American community, the involv...

There is a large body of research that shows children from non-intact homes show higher rates of juvenile delinquency than children from intact homes, partially due to weaker parental control and supervision in non-intact homes. What has not been adequately addressed in the research is the influence of changes in family structure among individual adolescents over time on delinquent offending. U...

The present study examined the moderating effect of the quality of the sibling relationship on the longitudinal association of parental treatment with theft, vandalism, and violence in adolescence. Participants were 416 sibling pairs which were studied over a one-year period. The younger siblings were aged 13 to 15, the older siblings 14 to 17 at Time 1. No significant effects were found for mi...

By W. Norwood East, M.D., London; M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P., Lond: M.P.C.; Medical Officer H.M. Prison, Liverpool. (vv ith the permission of the Prison Commissioners.) The study of certain cases of delinquency occurring early in the career of individuals, and also some cases met with in later life, emphasizes the fact that a definite, and perhaps not inconsiderable, amount of crime could be preve...

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In 1999 an estimated 717 036 juveniles were incarcerated in the United States [1]. Many youth remain in detention a short time while others convicted of serious crimes spend years incarcerated. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 mandated that youth not be housed with adults. Nonetheless, on June 30, 2000, an estimated 7600 youths were incarcerated in adult facilities [2...