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The impact of life satisfaction on substance abuse: delinquency as a mediator

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2018
The objectives of the study were two-folds: firstly, to ascertain the effect of life satisfaction on substance abuse among Malay youth. Secondly, to identify the role of delinquency on the relationship between life satisfaction and substance abuse.
Mahadzirah Mohamad   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

open access: yesThe Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2021
This document presents a comprehensive strategy for dealing with serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders developed by the United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. It notes that the program described can be implemented
Caitlin M. Brady, Jennifer H. Peck
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Simulation-based optimisation of the timing of loan recovery across different portfolios [PDF]

open access: yesExpert Systems with Applications (2021), 2020
A novel procedure is presented for the objective comparison and evaluation of a bank's decision rules in optimising the timing of loan recovery. This procedure is based on finding a delinquency threshold at which the financial loss of a loan portfolio (or segment therein) is minimised.
arxiv   +1 more source

Mediating role of religious orientation and moral character for the relationship between parent and peer attachment and delinquency

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2020
Juvenile delinquency is a worldwide phenomenon. Magnitude of juvenile delinquency has evoked interest of researchers in scientific and empirical studies on causes, prevention/control, and rehabilitation of juvenile delinquency.
Aasma Munir, Jamil A. Malik
doaj   +1 more source

A social work study on family related issues influencing juvenile delinquency [PDF]

open access: yesManagement Science Letters, 2013
We present a study to investigate the impacts of various factors on juvenile delinquency. The study distributes 400 questionnaires among young people aged 19-26 who are involved with some sort of crime and analyzes their feedbacks.
Mohammad Reza Iravani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Dynamic Look at Subprime Loan Performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Does delinquency have any predictive power for the future performance of a mortgage? Analysis of a sample of subprime mortgages from the Loanperformance database on securitized private-label pool collateral using a two-step estimation procedure to ...
Danis, Michelle A.   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Psychosocial Predictors of Compliance with Speed Limits and Alcohol Limits by Spanish Drivers: Modeling Compliance of Traffic Rules

open access: yesLaws, 2015
To prevent dangerous driving behaviors, the Spanish government has implemented public policies focused primarily on increasing the harshness of sanctions for violations of traffic laws.
Rebeca Bautista   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sociological and Human Developmental Explanations of Crime: Conflict or Consensus [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
This paper examines multidisciplinary correlates of delinquency in an attempt to integrate sociological and environmental theories of crime with human developmental and biological explanations of crime.
Andrew June   +62 more
core   +3 more sources

Does it matter in what family constellations adolescents live? Reconsidering the relationship between family structure and delinquent behaviour

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Objectives This study examines the associations between ten family structure types and delinquency, including four groups of symmetrical and asymmetrical living arrangements. We also adjust for attachment to parents and parental monitoring.
Robert Svensson, Björn Johnson
doaj   +2 more sources

Predictive Effect of Positive Youth Development Attributes on Delinquency Among Adolescents in Mainland China

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
The general proposition of the positive youth development (PYD) approach is that developmental assets such as psychosocial competence can promote healthy adolescent development and reduce problem behavior.
Xiaoqin Zhu, Daniel T. L. Shek
doaj   +1 more source

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