Sparked by high-profile cases involving children who commit violent crimes, public concerns regarding child delinquents have escalated. Compared with juveniles whose delinquent behavior begins later in adolescence, child delinquents (offenders younger than age 13) face a greater risk of becoming serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders. OJJDP formed the Study Group on Very Young Offende...

The present study provides a description and analysis of the plight first-time detained juvenile delinquents in United States impact noncognitive attributes academic achievement on grades. Juvenile have poor outcomes as adults higher rates drug abuse, high school graduation rates, lowered employment well into adulthood. research questions examined correlation among grit, self-concept, mental he...

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Whereas young persons of either sex may be brought to the juvenile courts for suspected promiscuity, in practice it is mainly girls over whom legal control may be sought on this account (West, 1967). Promiscuity, sexually-transmitted disease, and pregnancy, are of common occurrence among girl delinquents (Epps, 1951; Keighley, 1957; 1963) but endeavours to ensure effective medical care have bee...

While extensive research has been conducted on young people’s peer interaction via online communication, the focus has been on mainstream youths, with marginalized youth communities being understudied. To help address this inadequacy, the current study conducted interviews with Singaporean male juvenile delinquents (n=36) to understand the role of online communication in their peer interactions...