Feeble-Mindedness and Juvenile Crime

Heredity of feeble-mindedness.

The Investigation and Diagnosis of Behaviour Disorders in Children

[The following paper is a summary of two lectures given by Dr. Lucas, of the Maudsley Hospital, at the Secretaries' Course in February, and is reprinted at the request of those who attended the Course.] Behaviour disorders in childhood and adolescence are of more serious import than is usually recognised. Too often are they the direct precursors of neurosis and of crime in adult life, yet it is...

Juvenile Crime and Punishment:

Over the past twenty years juvenile violent crime rates have increased tremendously. In light of this disturbing trend, this paper examines whether variation in punishment levels has any impact on juvenile violent crime. To examine this relationship I first establish a behavioral model of juvenile crime, from which point I introduce an empirical model and use available data to estimate this mod...

Study on the Diversification Trend and Countermeasures of Juvenile Crime

In the survey about juvenile crime, it is obvious that the juvenile crime has been a prominent problem to impact the social stability and the economic construction. Based on the survey and research of above problem, the characters, forms, causes, and countermeasures of juvenile crime are discussed in detail in this article. The research result of this article is hoped to mobilize the power of t...

The Relationship between Juvenile and Adult Crime*

Previous studies find a positive relationship between juvenile and adult criminal involvement. Using data on males from the Delinquency in a Birth Cohort II study, we investigate whether this correlation is due to unobserved characteristics that increase the probability of both juvenile and adult crime, or whether it is due to true state dependence in crime. Distinguishing between state depende...