The relevance of this research is connected with the necessity develo­ping theory delinquent behavior and improving prevention juvenile delinquency. analysis clauses that form foundation delinquency programs shows dominance personal, behavioral social environment-related views a poor development subjective modify understanding consequences crimes by adolescents. goal was to study ideas adolesce...

There is an association between child abuse and delinquency, but problems with study design, definition, and method currently prevent a definitive understanding of the sequences and causal relations involved. The evidence indicates that a bidirectional relationship exists between child abuse and delinquency. A framework that uses Patterson's analysis of coercive processes suggests that child ch...

Please cite this article in press as: Gasper, J., et delinquency. Social Sci. Res. (2009), doi:10.10 Over the past half century, a large body of theoretical and empirical work in sociology and other social sciences has emphasized the negative consequences of mobility for human development in general, and youth outcomes in particular. In criminology, decades of research have documented a link be...

Two major themes in the delinquency literature are the roles of family structure and childhood victimization. Combining these two lines of research, the current project examines the unique contribution of family structure and victimization on the serious delinquency of a nationally representative sample of adolescents. In addition, we examine whether the form of families serves to condition the...

Is there a relationship between personality and criminal behavior? We addressed this question in a representative birth cohort of 862 male and female 18-year-olds. Personality was assessed with the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). The MPQ measures 10 relatively independent personality traits and was not designed to identify offenders. Delinquency was assessed via 3 data sources...

This study considers the relationship between moral reasoning, perceptions of parenting and self-reported delinquency in a sample of undergraduate students. Correlations showed that several aspects of perceived parenting style were related to moral reasoning, and perceived parental rejection was related to delinquency. Separate analysis for males and females showed the same pattern. Gender of r...

In program evaluation, determining whether a program is reaching its goals is key to evaluating program success. Having an understanding of the stated goals of each organization within a system rather than simply knowing the formal system goals can aid in program development and inform policy making. Evaluability assessments were used initially as a means of learning how Philadelphia delinquenc...