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Latent classes of delinquent behaviour associated with criminal social identity among juvenile offenders in Pakistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the number and nature of latent classes of delinquency that exist among male juvenile offenders incarcerated in prisons in Pakistan.
Dhingra, Katie   +8 more
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Positive developmental cascades: Strength development reduces support needs in children

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Strength development in children across a range of psychiatric diagnoses may reduce needs for mental health, social, and functioning support over time. A strength‐based adjunct to child and adolescent mental health may foster the developmental context most helpful for achieving desired outcomes with positive developmental cascading ...
Melody R. Altschuler   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Schools and Child Antisocial Behavior

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2015
Contextual research on delinquency is primarily based on the idea that residential areas provide a major ecological setting that (indirectly) shapes observed differences in delinquency.
Lieven J. R. Pauwels, Robert Svensson
doaj   +1 more source

Interparental Conflict and Delinquency Among Chinese Adolescents: Parental Knowledge as a Mediator and Deviant Peer Affiliation as a Moderator

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Interparental conflict has been found to positively affect adolescent delinquency; however, the underlying mechanism that explains this association remains unclear.
Hong Lu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Bonding, Early School Leaving, and Delinquency [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we investigate how successful social bonding theory is at predicting juvenile delinquency and school dropout behaviour. We adopt a simple dynamic approach which assumes that past involvement in risky behaviour reduces individual restraints ...
Traag Tanja   +2 more
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Predictors and moderators of problem‐focused social skills training versus resource activation for children with disruptive behavior problems

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Not all children benefit equally from evidence‐based treatments for disruptive behavior disorders (DBD). In a previous randomized controlled trial (RCT), computer‐facilitated social skills training (ScouT) demonstrated superior efficacy over solution‐focused, resource‐oriented treatment (STARK) in reducing parent‐rated peer‐related ...
Leonie Hofmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing Delinquency Through Improved Child Protection Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Research indicates that the prevalence of child abuse or neglect among delinquent offenders is substantially greater than it is among the general population.
Raelene Freitag   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Strengths and Limitations of the Personality Inventory for Youth (PIY) in Juvenile Delinquency Assessments

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2014
This article highlights and discusses the usefulness of the Personality Inventory for Youth (PIY) in juvenile delinquency assessments. Psychiatric disorders have high prevalence rates among youths in the juvenile justice system.
Robert A. Semel
doaj   +1 more source

Rainchecks and Risk: Climate Shocks, Policy Transitions and SME Credit Dynamics

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium enterprises rely heavily on bank credit. They also have the fewest tools to deal with climate risk. Using a panel of 45 countries from 2007 to 2022, we study how climate risk and the Paris Agreement shape SME bank lending. Climate‐related disasters are associated with lower SME credit, with post‐event estimates indicating a ...
Swapnanil SenGupta, Anshita Sachan
wiley   +1 more source

The color of friendship : gender, race/ethnicity, and the relationships between friendship and delinquency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
textStudies investigating the etiology of delinquent involvement have pointed to two influential theories: Differential Association Theory and Social Control Theory. Both theories suggest that bonding can impact delinquent behavior.
Worthen, Meredith Gwynne Fair
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