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SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION AND THEORIES OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS*

, 1988
After a period of decline in the discipline, the social disorganization model of Shaw and McKay is again beginning to appear in the literature. This paper examines five criticisms of the perspective and discusses recent attempts to address those issues ...
R. Bursik
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The development of leisure boredom in early adolescence: Predictors and longitudinal associations with delinquency and depression.

Developmental Psychology, 2015
The literature proposes that leisure boredom may systematically increase during adolescence. Moreover, some authors assume that this hypothesized developmental trend is associated with increases in youthful delinquency and depression.
M. Spaeth, K. Weichold, R. Silbereisen
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Trajectories of school engagement during adolescence: implications for grades, depression, delinquency, and substance use.

Developmental Psychology, 2011
Using longitudinal data from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, the authors assessed 1,977 adolescents across Grades 5 to 8 to determine if there were distinctive developmental paths for behavioral and emotional school engagement; if these ...
Yibing Li, R. Lerner
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Multiple Problem Youth: Delinquency, Substance Use, and Mental Health Problems

, 1991
1 Introduction.- 2 The Demographic Distribution of Delinquency and ADM Problems.- 3 Prevalence and General Offending/Use Patterns: The Joint Occurrence of Delinquent Behavior and ADM Problems.- 4 Age, Period, and Cohort Effects.- 5 Developmental Patterns.
D. Elliott, D. Huizinga, S. Menard
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Crime and Delinquency

1985
The criminal law will only deal with deviant acts which have been labelled as crimes. ‘Deviancy’ is deviation from the norm (section 18.2) and is not necessarily criminal. A person may decide to live as a hermit, or they may live saintly lives within a corrupt society and seek to reform it. Such acts are likely to be deviant but not criminal.
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Statistics on Delinquents and Delinquency.

American Sociological Review, 1965
Walter A. Lunden, Marvin E. Wolfgang
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Delinquances et delinquants.

Contemporary Sociology, 1989
Pierre Tremblay, Marcel Frechette, Marc LeBlanc   +2 more
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Juvenile Delinquency and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

1992
There are fundamental differences between juvenile laws before and after World War II. Under the old law, a juvenile was a person under 18 years of age, while the current law stipulates that a juvenile is a person under 20 years of age. This section will regard those under 20 years of age as juveniles and examine the trends of juvenile delinquency in ...
Shinichi Tsuchiya, Minoru Shikita
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THE DEFECTIVE DELINQUENT

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1957
A discussion of the so-called “defective delinquent” should be opened with the statement that the symptom of mental retardation can be defined as an entity of considerable complexity which invades the intellect, the emotions, and physiology of the human personality.
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Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas

, 1943
P. Rock, Clifford R. Shaw, H. D. McKay
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