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The impact of life satisfaction on substance abuse: delinquency as a mediator
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
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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
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Simulation-based optimisation of the timing of loan recovery across different portfolios [PDF]
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.
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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
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A social work study on family related issues influencing juvenile delinquency [PDF]
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
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A Dynamic Look at Subprime Loan Performance [PDF]
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
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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
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Sociological and Human Developmental Explanations of Crime: Conflict or Consensus [PDF]
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
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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
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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
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