Dissertations / Theses: 'Delinquency'

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Lo, Pui Leng. "Parental supervision, delinquent peers, and delinquency in Macau." Thesis, University of Macau, 2012. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2580071.

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Yarwood, Joanne Amy. "Familial Factors that Influence the Effectiveness of Multisystemic Treatment (MST) with Serious Youth Offenders in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1906.

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Families (N=139) participating in the Reducing Youth Offending Programmes (RYOP) in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand completed questionnaires exploring a range of family factors that influence youth offending behaviour. The aim of this research was two fold; firstly to investigate the Therapist Adherence Measures (TAM) and assess whether the same six subscales, which have been found in previous research, were also obtained in the New Zealand data, and whether TAM results predicted recidivism. The second goal was to investigate if other measures of family functioning (FRC and YBS) and therapist alliance (WAI-S) could provide additional information to the TAM with regards to recidivism. Results indicate that the RYOP TAM's produced different subscale results to the six subscales in earlier MST studies and as such a three-factor subscale model was proposed. The other measures (FRC, YBS and WAI-S) investigated added little information beyond the TAM concerning recidivism.

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Keenan, Christopher Bryce. "Brokering delinquent networks: Spanning the micro-macro divide in delinquency research." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1321388671.

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Lam, Ching-wa Nora. "A study of the relationship between young offenders' schooling and the success rate of their probation supervision /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1990. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12925329.

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George, John W. "The relationship of family structure and juvenile delinquency what factors related to family spur adolescents to engage in delinquent behavior? /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Hayduk, Carol. "Evaluation of employment programs for delinquent youths and youths at risk of delinquency." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5198.

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Bates, Kristin Ann. "Family matters : theoretical and methodological issues surrounding family and juvenile delinquency /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8905.

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Angus, D. I. "Juvenile delinquency : a step in the right direction ...? /." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22030499.

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Hay, Carter H. "Parental authority and delinquency /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Groza, Victor. "Family influence on delinquency /." Full-text version available from OU Domain via ProQuest Digital Dissertations, 1987.

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Ip, Chun-wing Kelvin. "The operation of youth schemes in Hong Kong Police Force." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42575527.

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Vázsonyi, Alexander Thomas. "Etiological risk factors in juvenile delinquency: A comparison of Swiss and American adolescents." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187154.

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This dissertation examined etiological risk factors in juvenile delinquency from a control theory perspective (social and self-control theories). Two adolescent samples were used for this purpose: A Swiss national sample (N = 970) and a local American sample (N = 232). Four main questions were empirically examined: First, whether rates of deviance in delinquency were different by Swiss educational tracks (apprentices versus Gymnasium students) and by national origin (Swiss versus "non-Swiss"). Second, whether underlying developmental processes in juvenile delinquency were similar by educational tracks, by language regions, and by birth origins. Third, whether self-control was predictive of later deviance (U.S. sample). And finally, what explanation applied to the rates of delinquency in Swiss and American youth. The findings were: (1) Apprentices were more delinquent than Gymnasium students; no difference was found by national origin; (2) self-control during early adolescence was highly predictive of delinquent behavior four years later; and (3) American youths were consistently more delinquent than their Swiss age mates, especially on more serious acts. Although developmental processes in delinquency were similar for both groups, Swiss youth reported closer family relations and a higher level of self-control. These closer family relations and the greater self-control accounted for over 70 percent of the mean level difference in delinquency by nation. The discussion section focuses on implications of this study's findings for the tenets of self-control theory as well as its implications for national differences.

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Doherty, Elaine Eggleston. "Assessing an age-graded theory of informal social control : are there conditional effects of life events in the desistance process? /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2680.

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Lopez, Vera Ann. "Adolescent male offenders' cognitions and emotions : a grounded theory study of delinquent crime contexts /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Thomas, Clarence. "Individual and social causes of deliquency among adolescents in Queensland /." Individual and social causes of deliquency among adolescents in QueenslandRead the abstract of the thesis, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16628.pdf.

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Marsiglio, Mary. "Examining the Link Between Trauma and Delinquency for Juvenile Delinquent Girls: A Longitudinal Study." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13406.

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Recent research has postulated a correlation between childhood trauma and delinquency, but few empirical studies have examined the causal relationship between these constructs over time and, specifically, with juvenile delinquent girls. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to use an existing longitudinal data set to explore the relationship between childhood trauma experiences and the development of antisocial behavior over time. The sample included juvenile delinquent girls (N = 166) who were part of two nationally funded research projects conducted by researchers at the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) entitled OSLC Relationship Study I comparing Mutlidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) and group care. A cross-lagged model was used to examine the association between trauma and delinquency across three time points. Multiple group analyses were conducted based on the moderating effects of age, cumulative historical trauma experiences, sexual abuse and out-of-home placements. Overall, study results showed that trauma and delinquency rates were not associated over time for the full sample. The moderating effect of age was partially supported with younger and older girls exhibiting different pathways. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

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Pang, Shuk-yi Irene. "A study of delinquency cessation runaway girls : its process & factors of change /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13991139.

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Leung, Ambrose. "Delinquency, capital and social institutions." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ60962.pdf.

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Murray, Brittany N. "Does religiosity deter juvenile delinquency?" Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4991.

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The study presented here uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Wave I (Add Health) to examine the association between juvenile delinquency and religiosity. Juvenile delinquency is an area that has received increasing research interest over the last decade; however, much of this research has primarily focused on family, peers, and education as factors that may reduce delinquent involvement. While all of these are influential in the lives of youth, it is possible there are other factors as well. Religiosity has been shown to have influential effects throughout the life course; however, little research has focused specifically on the relationship between religiosity and juvenile delinquency and even less has centered on this relationship in terms of gender and race/ethnicity. The results of this study will contribute to the literature on juvenile delinquency by providing an in-depth look at the effects of religiosity in adolescence, gender and racial/ethnic trends, as well as possibly provide information valuable to prevention efforts.
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Kiriakidis, Stavros Pavlou. "Psychosocial correlates of juvenile delinquency." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1876.

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The present thesis is a detailed and in depth examination of the reasons of re-offending, perceived by young offenders in custody, drawn from the largest Young Offenders' Institution in Scotland. Mainly materialistic and affective reasons were provided, in line with previous research, yet the issue of drugs abuse emerged as salient. The thesis focused on the immediate and more proximally related factors of re-offending, predicting young offenders' decisions to re-offend in the future. One hundred and fifty two young offenders were randomly selected and participated in a structured interview. The interview assessed several background characteristics, their perceptions of the costs and benefits of their future offending, their perceived normative influences in their future offending and their perceptions of desisting from future offending by controlling several criminogenic factors in the future. In addition, the participants completed two self-reported measures: the Parental Bonding Instrument(PBI)- and the Moral Disengagement Scale(MDS). Intentions of re-offending in the future were predicted by perceived control and attitudes towards future offending. Background factors, related and predictive of recidivism and chronic offending, failed to contribute to the prediction of variation of intentions, over and above the contribution of perceptions of control and attitudes of re-offending. The results suggest that attitudes towards offending and perceptions of control over offending provide a parsimonious framework of assessing and predicting young offenders' intentions of reoffending in the future. Moreover, the detailed examination of the control and behavioural beliefs underlying the two constructs, perceived control to desist from offending and attitudes towards offending, can guide to the specific needs that are perceived as criminogenic by the young offenders and potentially inform the content and the direction of any intervention programs within the correctional settings of young offenders aiming at reducing levels of recidivism. Two dimensions of child-rearing practices, parental care and protection, were examined in relation to normative data, background characteristics and cognitive representations of future offending, and it was found that the relation between perceptions of parenting and intentions of re-offending were mediated by attitudes towards offending in the future. In addition, the associations of moral disengagement, as a failure of self-regulation of morality with past recidivism rates and age of initiation of offending were examined, and were found, contrary to expectations, mainly unrelated. However, the overall score of Moral Disengagement of the young offenders was significantly higher in comparison to normative data. The results suggest that Moral Disengagement could be a factor differentiating young people involved in criminal activity and processed by the legal system from young people who are not involved in criminal activity and/or are unaffected by official monitoring. Moral Disengagement, however, might not be related with frequency of offending within groups of young people in the correctional institutions. Moral disengagement was also found mainly unrelated with background characteristics of the young offenders, suggesting that self-regulation of morality is relatively independent from influences from the social environment. Finally, the relations of Moral Disengagement and cognitive representations of offending in the future were discussed in terms of self-regulation of hierarchically organised feedback loops.

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Reichenberger, Adam. "The determinants of mortgage delinquency." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8753.

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The recent housing crisis has highlighted the need to better understand the determinants of mortgage default. Concerns about potential sizable differences in default rates by race and ethnicity as well as reports in the popular press regarding the propensity for rising numbers of homeowners to strategically default motivate a careful study of mortgage delinquency in America post-housing bubble. Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), we examine borrowers in the years 2005, 2007 and 2009 and, controlling for a number of default-related variables, take a closer look at the characteristics of those delinquent on their mortgage by 2009. We find startling racial and ethnic gaps present as well as strong effects from children, education, and the presence of recourse/non-recourse laws in the state of residence on the likelihood of delinquency. In addition, we find evidence that strategic default plays a role in explaining the likelihood that a homeowner in 2005 will be delinquent on his or her mortgage by 2009.

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Corbett, Jaynee LeAnn. "Parental Influence on Juvenile Delinquency." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1558524002978951.

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Bazyler, Alina. "Race, Social Disorganization and Delinquency." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2283.

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The overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in crime has been an issue of debate. Some evidence, however, has shown that racial differences in offending are largely accounted for by economic disadvantage. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 4,290), the relationship between race and delinquency was examined looking at social disorganization factors. It was hypothesized that there would be racial and ethnic differences in delinquency and that these differences would be accounted for by social disorganization factors, specifically collective efficacy and economic disadvantage. The results show that compared to White adolescents Hispanic adolescents have increased odds of nonviolent and violent delinquency, and Black adolescents have increased odds of violent delinquency. Contrary to expectations, social disorganization factors did not account for the racial and ethnic differences in delinquency. Unexpectedly, higher levels of collective efficacy actually increased the odds of violent delinquency.

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AlRomaih, Yousef Ahmed. "Juvenile delinquency in Saudi Arabia." PDXScholar, 1985. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3423.

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The present study involved an examination of the delinquency problem in Saudi Arabia within the framework of social control theory. Specifically, the study was based on the thesis set forth by Travis Hirschi, i.e., that delinquent acts result when an individual's bond to society is weak or broken. Also taken into account, however, were the findings from the research of Wiatrowski, et al. that suggest a need for a) some modifications in Hirschi 's conceptual framework and b) inclusion of socio-economic factors in the social control model.

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Bond, Christine E. W. "Vulnerable girls, resilient boys? : gender, officials' assessments and the processing of juvenile offenders /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8926.

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Cearley, Jennifer Joy. "Outcome and demographic differences between males and females in a sample of adjudicated youth /." Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1537009691&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Ng, Chui-kwan Amy. "Turning points in the life transition of young offenders." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42574328.

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Beals, Fiona. "Reading between the lines : representations and constructions of youth and crime in Aotearoa New Zealand : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/71.

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Barron, Christie. "Governing girls : rehabilitation in the age of risk /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2007. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/9238.

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Henningsen, Blaine A. "Evaluation of the St. Louis County Pilot Probation Program /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3052176.

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Newbery, Peter. "Delinquency and friendship : a descriptive study of the perception of friendship among male juvenile delinquents in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13117002.

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Schryer, Stephen E. "Discourses of delinquency : language and power in a Canadian juvenile court /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0007/MQ42200.pdf.

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Barry, Monica Anne. "Understanding youth offending : in search of 'social recognition'." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2022.

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This thesis, whilst taking a predominantly criminological topic as its subject matter, incorporates other sociological and social psychological debates around youth transitions, power relations, youth culture and capital. In so doing, this thesis attempts to come to terms with the wider problems faced by young people who become embroiled in offending. It argues that the transition to 'adulthood' is heavily implicated in the fact that most offending occurs in late childhood and youth. This study asked 20 young women and 20 young men about why they started and stopped offending and what influenced or inhibited them in that behaviour as they grew older. What these young people suggested was that their decision to offend - or not offend - was very much based on their need to feel included in their social world, through friendships in childhood and through wider commitments in adulthood. The process of moving through the transitional arrangements from childhood, through youth, to adulthood seems to run parallel with the process of starting offending, maintaining such behaviour over a period of time and eventually stopping offending in favour of greater conventionality and stability. This analysis of the parallel paths between the process of youth transitions and the process of offending draws on the theoretical concepts of Pierre Bourdieu, in particular that of capital accumulation. But it goes further in suggesting the need to take into account not only capital accumulation but also capital expenditure and power imbalances - power imbalances based not only on class distinctions, as Bourdieu suggests, but also on age and status.

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Aguilar, Teresita E. (Teresita Elena). "Effects of a Leisure Education Program Upon Expressed Attitudes Towards Recreation and Delinquency for Institutionalized Adolescents." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331313/.

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The social problem of juvenile delinquency and treatment efforts to alleviate this problem are introduced in this study. Literature related to theories on delinquency, institutional treatment, the role of recreation in correctional settings, and leisure education is reviewed and summarized. A basis for a leisure theory on delinquency is presented, suggesting delinquent behaviors are socially unacceptable leisure pursuits. Implications include efforts to replace delinquent behaviors with socially acceptable leisure pursuits (i.e. recreation).

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Broom, Ellen Wildemann. "An Examination of Factors Related to the Cognitive and Affective Empathy Levels of Adjudicated Youth." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2656/.

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With the advent of increased juvenile delinquency in our nation, the need for prevention and rehabilitation is paramount. Juvenile delinquent acts are becoming more serious and violent with offenders perpetrating at younger ages. Analysis suggests an increase in juvenile crime in the near future (Stone, 2000). Pinpointing the cause of delinquency is an arduous task because of the many contributing factors (e.g., impulsivity, aggression, low intellect, poor family attachment, drug, and alcohol abuse). By changing the emotional deficits found in beginning delinquency, the likelihood of developing delinquent behavior may be impeded. Research indicates that adolescents who commit crimes are lacking in empathy (e.g., Aleksic, 1975; Cohen & Strayer, 1996; Ellis, 1982; Gibbs, 1987; Marcus & Gray, 1998), thus, promoting empathy may be an avenue for prevention and rehabilitation. This study examined the levels of empathy of adjudicated youth in four juvenile correctional facilities in Texas. Using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), empathy levels of 170 youth were examined. Youth in the study demonstrated low levels of empathy. The study found that empathy levels of adjudicated youth were differentiated by incarcerating facility, IQ, type of offense, disability status, and phase level of a re-socialization training program. Age was not found to be a significant factor for differentiating empathy levels. Youth demonstrated similiar empathy levels at three of the four incarcerating facilities. However, empathy scores were still below average. IQ ranges were differentiated by the IRI, and found to be lower than normed scores. Type of committing offense was discriminated and found to indicate low empathy levels. Youth without an identified disability scored lower than subjects with emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD) and youth with learning disabilities (LD). This may reflect the pattern of underidentification of juveniles in correctional facilities (Nelson, Rutherford, & Wolford, 1987). Phases of Re-socialization is an instructional therapuetic program with an empathy component used at the Texas Youth Commission correctional facilities. Data from the study indicated that youth at higher phase levels demonstrated increased empathy. Much of the data are inconsistent, thus establishing the need for further research. A deeper understanding of the impact of each factor (e.g., incarcerating facility, age, IQ, type of offense, disability status, phase) may be accomplished by further research. However, data from this study is consistent with previous research (e.g., Daberman, 1999; Ellis, 1982; Gibbs, 1987; Lee & Prentice, 1988), indicating a link between juvenile delinquents and empathic deficits.

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Obioha, EE, and MA Nthabi. "Social Background Patterns and Juvenile Delinquency Nexus in Lesotho: A Case Study of Juvenile Delinquents in Juvenile Training Centre (JTC), Maseru." Journal of Social Science, 2011. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000711.

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In recent time, juvenile delinquency and its associated problems pose serious threat to Lesotho and across the globe. This includes actions and inactions of children below the age of eighteen, of which the child is subject to conviction by the state. This study investigated the social background patterns of juvenile delinquents to ascertain their contributions to juvenile delinquencies in Lesotho. The study made use of all the 43 juveniles who were in the Juvenile Training Centre (JTC) in Maseru at the time of this research. Relevant data were collected through the use of survey questionnaires with close-ended questions. The results in the main corroborated what exists in literature that most delinquents come from broken homes; most delinquents are males; delinquency is at a higher rate in urban areas compared to the rural areas and that most delinquents are part of peer groups who engage in delinquent behaviours. Precisely, Maseru the capital city of Lesotho and Leribe were found to be the districts with highest rates of juvenile delinquency. It was also discovered that most of the juveniles have fathers who are employed in the mining industry. The most committed offence across the country was robbery. The high rates of robbery, housebreaking and stock theft indicate that poverty may be the factor behind the scene in Lesotho, which requires urgent attention from the government to tackle and eradicate poverty.

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Khalifeh, Lara. "Disentangling the Links from Parental Monitoring and Delinquent Peer Exposure to Youth Delinquency: A Longitudinal, Sibling Comparison Analysis." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1619627960239952.

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Tarry, Hammond. "Delinquency, moral reasoning and social control." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393994.

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Peck, Jennifer. "General Strain Theory, Race, and Delinquency." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3287.

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The present study drew on Agnew's General Strain Theory (GST) to examine the relationship between strain, race, and delinquent behavior. To address this possible association, five hypotheses were tested to examine if different types of strain and stress exposure influence delinquent coping and if these relationships are conditioned by race and ethnicity. Using data from the Add Health Study, White, African American, and Hispanic adolescents, the present study attempts to generalize GST to different racial and ethnic groups. Results from OLS and negative binomial regression analyses indicate that some support was found for GST, in that indicators of strain to varying degrees predicted negative emotionality and youth involvement in nonserious and serious delinquency. Negative emotionality, however, did not mediate the relationship between strain and nonserious and serious delinquency. While, White, African American, and Hispanic youth did experience certain types of strain that lead to delinquent coping, these groups overall were not statistically different from one another. Furthermore, race and ethnicity were directly related to delinquent coping mechanisms, providing evidence that GST cannot fully explain the overrepresentation of minorities as delinquent offenders. A discussion of the findings, theoretical implications and directions for future research are highlighted.

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Aalsma, Matthew C. "An empirical typology of adolescent delinquency." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1167791.

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The goal of this study was to examine various background factors that are associated with particular models of chronic juvenile offending. It was assumed that when chronic offending postdictors are identified, then more beneficial interventions can be developed, insofar as they are based on empirical data. In order to achieve this end, a sample of juvenile offenders, who were confined to a residential treatment facility, were examined. A statistical grouping technique was used in order to differentiate possible types of adolescent offenders, on the basis of numerous risk variables.The sample included 174 adolescents (aged 12-17) who were identified by a juvenile justice system. Information was gathered from interview data (including demographic information, family relationships, substance use, school performance, suicidal ideation/attempts, abuse history, dating history, life stressors, and religiosity), the Minnesota Multi-phasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents (MMPI-A), and juvenile justice charge and placement data. Two separate offending profiles were then developed based on juvenile justice charges and interview data. The offending groups were then compared on the MMPI-A to aid in identification of chronic offenders. Additionally, offending group differences were assessed on measures of recidivism in order to assess the utility of the offending group categories.The offending profile based on juvenile justice charges was highly differentiated on measures of recidivism and severity of placement. No significant differences on the interview data or MMPI-A score profiles were evident with this offending typology. The offending profile based on interview data was significantly differentiated on MMPI-A score profiles. No significant differences were noted on juvenile justice charges and measures of recidivism and placement. Gender differences were apparent in the second offending typology. Specifically, a sub-sample of female offenders evidenced disordered family relationships and higher rates of general pathology. Hence, implications for gender differences, as well as both the mental health and juvenile justice fields were readily evident in this study.
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BROWNFIELD, DAVID HAROLD. "SOCIAL CLASS AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR (DELINQUENCY)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187943.

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The purpose of this study is to specify more precisely the relationship between social class and crime or delinquency by focusing on a particular offense, violent behavior. Police records and survey data from four studies are analyzed. These data sets are derived from samples from around the United States and span nearly a twenty-year period. The empirical analysis begins by examining the relationship between parental status and violent behavior. One of the principal conclusions drawn from this analysis is that the magnitude of the relationship between social class and violent behavior is contingent upon the way class or status is defined or measured. Depending upon the way class is operationalized, its relationship with violent behavior is nonexistent, moderate, or relatively strong. To account for this social distribution of violent behavior, four major theories of crime and delinquency are tested. Structural and cultural theories in general fail to provide an adequate explanation. For example, consistent with research on general delinquent behavior, there is almost no support for the propositions of strain theory. In contrast, processual and psychological theories of crime and delinquency receive considerable support. Social learning theory measures of imitation are among the strongest correlates of violent behavior. In one data set, imitation measures completely account for the class distribution of violence. Social control theory measures, such as attachment to others, are also strongly correlated with violent behavior. A series of crucial experiments comparing control theory propositions with predictions of other theories yield results more consistent with control theory. The relationship between adolescent status and violent behavior is also examined. Parallel to the analysis of parental status, the results vary depending on the measure of adolescent status used. These results suggest that there are distinct dimensions of adolescent status which must be assessed separately.

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Fehr, Angela Birgit 1964. "Juvenile delinquency on the Navajo reservation." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276984.

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Three major theories on juvenile delinquency were examined with respect to their applicability to Navajo juvenile crime. The theories selected were social disorganization-social control theory, status frustration-structural strain theory, and normative conflict-differential association theory. An overview of Navajo social organization was given with a focus on traditional methods of deviance control in Navajo society. Additionally, surveys were administered to 111 students at all levels of Chinle High School on the Navajo reservation. Cross-tabulations were used to determine gender differences with respect to the commission of delinquent acts, as well as possible correlations between alcohol abuse in the students' home and liquor offenses committed by students. Religious affiliation, religiosity, as well as selected aspects of acculturation were examined in their relation to Navajo juvenile delinquency.

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Wood, Kevin Thomas. "A partnership program for Hale County Day Reporting Center probationers." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Murray, Taylor Danielle. "Untangled: The Effects Family Structure Has on Juvenile Delinquency." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062879/.

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Juvenile delinquency is an issue in today's society for various reasons. This issue can result due to different motives, but family dynamics is one of the most vital factors. The current study extends prior research done in regards to the family factors that affect juvenile delinquency and what policies and programs are available to eliminate these factors. The seven family dynamics that are studied are socioeconomic status, divorce, cohabiting, family transitions, parental incarceration, parental control, as well as parental substance abuse. A subsample of policies and programs are assigned to each factor and researched of whether or not they are effective. Majority of the programs were effective and were found to minimize antisocial behaviors among adolescents. The programs that were not evaluated were still found to have a positive impact on juveniles' behaviors due to the outcomes of the policies. Investing in these programs and policies are beneficial for juveniles and the impact that family dynamics play on delinquency.

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Hodgson, Philip. "Crime or conformity : strategies of adaptation to school exclusion." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391025.

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During the 1990's the number of young people being permanently excluded from school increased from 2910 (1990-91) to a peak of 12700 (1996-1997). This increase coincided with the resurgence of the debate centring on lawless and delinquent youth. With the publication of Young People and Crime (Graham and Bowling, 1995) and Misspent Youth (Audit Commission, 1996) the role of school exclusion in delinquency causation appears to have become widely accepted within youth justice thinking. Indeed, and despite the limited research evidence available, the common sense assumption that school exclusion inexorably promotes crime received wide support, something which has resulted in the excluded pupil being portrayed as a latter day folk devil. This research seeks to question this taken-for-granted assumption. By drawing upon what can be broadly described as a refutationist approach, the research questions the causal priority of school exclusion in youth crime. Research interviews were conducted with 56 young people who had experience of being excluded from school. Self-report questions revealed that 40 young people had offended of whom 28 had been cautioned or prosecuted for an offence. Despite the high levels of offending present within the sample the research findings suggest that exclusion is not itself a causal factor with 90% (36) of those young people who had offended reporting onset that commenced prior to their first exclusion. Moreover, 50 (89%) of the total number of young people stated that they were no more likely to commit crime since being excluded. Indeed - and rather significantly, for 31 (55.4%) respondents it appeared that due to the imposition of parental sanction, offending was likely to reduce during their exclusion as they were" grounded" for the whole exclusion period. Moreover, interviews with the young people also revealed that in addition to school exclusion a number of other identified "risk" factors were present in the lives of most of the young people within the sample (see for example Farrington, 1996; Youth Justice Board, 2001). The research concludes that whilst the relationship between school exclusion and crime is highly complex it is certainly neither a sufficient nor a necessary condition for a young person to commit crime.

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Alltucker, Kevin W. "Factors influencing the development of juvenile delinquency : differences between early and late starters /." view abstract or download file of text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3136401.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2004.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-186). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Rapagna, Paul. "Sport and delinquency, effects of participation in sport on the development of adolescent antisocial and delinquent behaviour." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ29566.pdf.

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Rapagna, Paul. "Sport and delinquency : effects of participation in sport on the development of adolescent antisocial and delinquent behaviour." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26756.

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The purpose of this investigation was to examine whether sports in which boys participated spontaneously (i.e., not organized as a treatment) could be associated with the retrenchment of later adolescent delinquent behaviours. The objectives of this particular investigation were to: (i) observe how this participation might alter a negative behavioural developmental trajectory; and (ii) study the possible effects of transition in sports activity (i.e., increases or decreases in participation in sports from year to year) on current and later risk for delinquency.
This investigation utilized data obtained from the Montreal Longitudinal-Experimental Study of Boys which started in 1984 when the boys were six years old. Seven-hundred-eleven of the subjects met the inclusion criteria necessary to participate in the present study. Each year, from 1989 (age 11) to 1995 (age 17) the subjects were asked to complete the Self-Report-Delinquency questionnaire, a 27-item scale detailing their involvement in antisocial behaviour over the previous 12-month period. The scores of four of these years were retained for study; namely, those for 1989 (age 11), 1991 (age 13), 1993 (age 15), 1995 (age 17). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Mullens, Angela D. "The relationship between juvenile delinquency and family unit structure." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2004. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=482.

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Oxford, Monica Lynn. "Gender differences in delinquency : an examination of social control and routine activities /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8133.

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