Review of Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control (2nd edition) by Robert Agnew

Publications School of Criminology and Criminal Justice 3 - 2007 Review of Juvenile Delinquency : Causes and Control ( 2 nd edition ) by Robert Agnew

Causes and Correlates of Girls' Delinquency

According to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from 1991 to 2000, arrests of girls increased more (or decreased less) than arrests of boys for most types of offenses. By 2004, girls accounted for 30 percent of all juvenile arrests. However, questions remain about whether these trends reflect an actual increase in girls’ delinquency or changes in societal responses to girls’ behavio...

A Sociological Study on the Juvenile Delinquency in Golestan

This research studies the sociological factors involving in boys  juvenile delinquency in Golestan (Northern province of Iran). Delinquent behavior treats the health of family and society and causes family disorder. It tries to understand the role of family and peer groups in delinquency. As we see in Sutherland theory of differential reinforcement association and Hirshi social control verif...

Reassessment of Underlying Factors of Juvenile Delinquency in the Purview of COVID-19: A Case Study

This paper is a reassessment of underlying factors of juvenile delinquency in the purview of Covid-19. The study tries to judge the relationship between juvenile delinquency and impact of media, heredity, environment, time, age, school performance, economic status, association etc. The significance of the relationships has been tested. Moreover, attempt has been made to study the influence of t...

آزمون تجربی نظریه التقاطی در بزهکاری کودکان و نوجوانان تهران بزرگ

Juvenile delinquency is a social problem disturbing families, social institutions and government agencies. Delinquent juveniles lose valuable opportunities concerning their education and occupation. This paper, has undertaken a field research on the causes of delinquency among juveniles arrested in the greater Tehran. The theoretical framework was established by combining the social control the...