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The results demonstrate that depressed youth commit delinquency with a greater frequency compared to non-depressed youth prior to matching at Waves 2 (t= −3.60, p< .01) and 3 (t= −2.84, p< .01), but once youth are matched on 19 risk and protective factors that the causal link between depression and delinquency is no longer observed at ...
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To examine the longitudinal relationship between depression,...
- Parental Suicidality as a Risk Factor for Delinquency Among Hispanic Youth
Parental Mental Health, Parenting, and Delinquency. There is...
- Trajectories of Physical Aggression Among Hispanic Urban Adolescents and Young Adults
Youth violence is an important public health problem....
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May 4, 2011 · Several psychological theories have been used to understand crime and delinquency. This literature review categorizes these perspectives into five areas, provides a brief overview of each, and analyzes and synthesizes the relevant, elements within each area.
- Megan Moore
- 2011
Delinquency has often been treated synonymously to terms such as rule-breaking behavior, antisocial behavior, and conduct disorder. The commonality among these concepts is deviant behavior; however, there are important distinguishing features.
- Gretchen Schoenfield
A ‘delinquent’ is an individual who has committed a criminal offence. Delinquency therefore encompasses an enormous range of behaviours which are subject to legislation differing from one jurisdiction to another, and are subject to changes in law over time.
- Susan Young, Ben Greer, Richard Church
- 2017
Mar 5, 2009 · In a series of meta-analyses we summarize and integrate previous findings on the link between parenting and delinquency. The first goal is to analyze which parenting dimensions are related to delinquency and the second is to identify moderators that affect the parenting–delinquency association.
- Machteld Hoeve, Judith Semon Dubas, Veroni I. Eichelsheim, Peter H. van der Laan, Wilma Smeenk, Jan ...
- 2009
Jul 31, 2019 · Abstract. Delinquency refers to a juveniles’ behavior pattern characterized by repeated offending, and is regarded mainly in its social, but also criminal aspects. Delinquent and non-delinquent individuals may be a product of the same society or even the same family.
Sociological and psychological factors are frequently used to explain juvenile delinquency and the emergence and persistence of juvenile gangs. Sociological theories, such as social control, containment, differential association, anomie, and labeling each reflect different levels of predictive utility relative to delinquent conduct ...
