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Deliquency : causes, reduction and prevention / Ozan Sahin and Joseph Maier, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections.
- Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Juvenile delinquency--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Delinquency is an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor. This book examines the correlation between family environment and juvenile delinquency and criminality. Also discussed are the social factors that influence delinquent behaviour.
- Contents:
- Intro
- DELINQUENCY: CAUSES, REDUCTIONAND PREVENTION
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- THE TAXONOMIC CHALLENGE TO GENERALTHEORIES OF DELINQUENCY:LINKING TAXONOMY DEVELOPMENT TODELINQUENCY THEORY
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- GOALS
- THEORETICAL ISSUES AND TAXONOMIC RESEARCH
- TAXONOMIES AND THEORETICAL PLURALISM
- WHAT STRUCTURAL FEATURES SIGNIFY THE PRESENCE OF TYPES?
- SCOPE CONDITIONS AND THEORETICAL PLURALISM
- CURRENT STATUS AND TRENDS IN TAXONOMICRESEARCH IN DELINQUENCY
- 1. Emergence of Theoretical Pluralism and Typological Pathways inDelinquency
- 2. Recent Advances in Taxonomic Research in Delinquency
- 3. Weaknesses in Prior Research on Explanatory Typologies on Delinquency
- 4. Integrating Recurring Types from the Prior Literature into Our PreviousTaxonomy
- Type 1. Internalizing - A: Withdrawn, Abused and Rejected
- Type 2. Socially Deprived: Sub-culturally Socialized Delinquents
- Type 3. Low-Control A: Versatile Offenders
- Type 4. Normal ''Accidental/Situational'' Delinquents
- Type 5. Internalizing Youth B: with Positive Parenting
- Type 6. Low-Control B: Early Onset, Chronic Versatile Offenders with Multiple RiskFactors
- Type 7. Normative Delinquency: Drugs, Sex and Peers
- METHODS
- Sample
- Measures
- Analytical Methods
- RESULTS
- Generalizability and Internal Validation
- Replication of Specific Cluster Types
- External Validation
- Cluster Descriptions
- Type 1 (N =428, 11%). Lower Socioeconomic Youth with Poor Family Socialization
- Type 2 (N= 328, 8.5%) Internalizing Youth A: Withdrawn, Abused and Rejected
- Type 3 (N = 456, 11.8%) Low-Control A: Versatile Offenders
- Type 4 (N =525, 13.6%) Normative Delinquents: Drugs, Sex and Peers
- Type 5 (N = 607, 15.7 %) Internalizing Youth B: With Positive Parenting
- Type 6 (N = 79, 2%) Low Control B: High risk offenders.
- Type 7 (N = 647, 16.7 %) Normal ''Accidental/Situational'' Delinquents
- DISCUSSION
- Structural Features of This Taxonomy
- Are These Taxonomic Findings Congruent with the Prior Theoretical andTaxonomic Literature?
- Traversing the Path From Empirical Clusters to Scientific/TheoreticalCategories
- LIMITATIONS
- APPENDIX A. YOUTH COMPAS
- REFERENCES
- JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND FAMILYENVIRONMENT INFLUENCES
- 1. BIOLOGICAL HERITAGE: GENETIC FACTORS
- 1a) Heritability of Delinquent Behaviors
- Physical Aggressiveness
- Social Aggressiveness
- 1b) Genetic Factors and Age at Onset of Delinquency
- 1c) Heritability of Associations between Delinquency and Other ProblemBehaviors
- 1d) Selective Mating of Delinquent Fathers and Delinquent Mothers
- 1e) Interactions between Genetic and Environmental Factors in the Etiologyof Delinquency
- 2. THE LINK: MOTHER/CHILD ATTACHMENT TYPE
- Child Maltreatment and Delinquency
- Early Victimization, Trauma, Psychopathy and Delinquency
- Maternal Incarceration and Child/Mother Attachment
- Two Mediating Variables between Attachment and Delinquency:Alexithymia and Self Escape
- 3. THE STRUCTURE: INFLUENCES OF LIFE EVENTS AND CHANGES INTHE FAMILY STRUCTURE (PARENTAL DISCORD, SEPARATIONS,DEATHS, MOVES, SIBLINGS BIRTHS, ETC)
- 4. BEHAVIOR: IMITATION AND SOCIAL LEARNING FROM THEPARENTS' BEHAVIORS
- If Transmission Is Proved, What Are Its Mechanisms?
- Siblings Influences and Delinquency
- Intergenerational Transmission of Domestic Violence
- Long Term Effects of Maternal Incarceration on Their Offspring'sDelinquent Behavior
- Intergenerational Transmission of Traffic Offences and Crashes
- The Associations between Delinquency and Addictions
- 5. CONTROL: PARENTING STYLES
- Family as a Citizenship Incubator…
- CONCLUSION
- From Cradle to Jail…
- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- JUVENILE CRIMINALITY AND EXECUTIVECOGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN AN ITALIAN SAMPLE OFLATE-ONSET ADOLESCENT DELINQUENTS
- DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
- Age of Onset and Behavioral Features
- Psychopathology in Juvenile Delinquents
- Cognitive and Executive Functions
- Aim
- METHOD
- Subjects
- Instruments
- Stroop Color-Word Task
- Verbal Fluency Test
- Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Test
- AB-AC Test
- Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
- Statistical Analyses
- Results
- UNDERSTANDING THE DELINQUENT ACTIVITIES ANDREPUTATIONAL ORIENTATIONS OF ADOLESCENTLONERS AND NONLONERS
- REPUTATION ENHANCEMENT THEORY
- ADOLESCENT LONERS
- General Procedure
- Instrumentation
- STUDY ONE: SELF-REPORT DELINQUENCY AND REPUTATIONALORIENTATIONS OF ADOLESCENT LONERS AND NONLONERS
- Participants
- Self-Report Delinquency
- Reputation Enhancement
- STUDY TWO: ESTABLISHING DIFFERENCES IN THE DELINQUENTACTIVITIES AND REPUTATIONAL ORIENTATIONS OF ADOLESCENTLONERS AND NONLONERS USING A MATCHED SAMPLE
- Method
- STUDY THREE: LONER DELINQUENTS, NONLONER DELINQUENTSAND NONLONER NONDELINQUENTS
- Participants and Settings
- Antisocial Behavior Group
- Community Comparison Group
- Group Differences in Delinquent Activities
- Group Differences in Reputational Orientations
- Summary
- STUDY FOUR: LONER DELINQUENTS, NONLONER DELINQUENTS,LONER NONDELINQUENT, AND NONLONER NONDELINQUENTS
- Loner delinquents vs. Loner nondelinquents
- Loner delinquents vs. Nonloner delinquents
- Loner delinquents vs. Nonloner nondelinquents
- Loner nondelinquents vs. Nonloner delinquents
- Loner nondelinquents vs. Nonloner nondelinquents.
- Nonloner delinquents vs. Nonloner nondelinquents
- DELINQUENCY AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AMONGHIGH RISK YOUNG PEOPLE IN ADOLESCENCE
- WHAT IS ADOLESCENCE?
- DELINQUENCY AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN ADOLESCENCE
- High Risk Groups in Adolescence
- The Belfast Youth Development Study
- The High Risk Booster Sample of the Belfast Youth Development
- Patterns of Delinquency and Antisocial Behaviour in the BYDS
- Explaining delinquency in the High Risk Booster Sample of the BelfastYouth Development Study
- Developing a Framework for Evidence Based Interventions for High RiskYoung People in Adolescence
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ADOLESCENT RELIGIOSITY AS A PROTECTIVEFACTOR FOR DELINQUENCY:REVIEW OF EVIDENCE AND A CONCEPTUALFRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
- CONCEPTUAL MODEL
- Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescence
- Conceptualizing Religiosity
- Dispositions
- Opportunities
- Religiosity and the Propensity-Opportunity Theory of Risk-Taking Behavior
- RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND ANALYSES GUIDED BY THE MODEL
- Participants and Procedures
- ANALYSES AND RESULTS
- PSYCHOPATHIC-LIKE-TRAITS AND AGGRESSION INAUSTRALIAN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTSSUSPENDED FROM SCHOOLS
- ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOPATHIC-LIKE-TRAITS IN CHILDREN ANDADOLESCENTS
- Phase I: Item Generation
- Phase I: Results
- Phase II: Initial Testing of the CAPSI and CASA
- Phase II: Results
- CAPSI Item Affectivity
- CASA Item Affectivity
- Phase III: Initial Validation of the CAPSI and CASA
- Procedure
- Phase III: Results
- Psychopathic-like-traits in mainstream suspended school students
- Factor Analysis.
- Aggression in Mainstream Suspended School Students
- Factor Analysis
- VIOLENT OFFENDING:AN ANALYSIS OF FAMILY, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITYRISK FACTORS
- 1. PREVALENCE OF VIOLENT OFFENDING AMONGYOUNG PEOPLE
- FACTORS RELATED TO VIOLENT OFFENDING
- 2.1. Family Factors
- 2.2. School Factors
- 2.3. Community Factors
- 3. ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND VICTIMIZATION AS DIRECTANTECEDENTS OF OFFENDING
- 4. A MODEL OF INTERACTIONS AMONG EXPLANATORYVARIABLES
- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONSFOR INTERVENTION AND FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
- PEER INTERACTIONS AND DELINQUENCY
- TRAJECTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIORS
- EARLY CHILDHOOD BEHAVIORS MAY PREDICT ADOLESCENTDELINQUENCY
- THE ROLE OF PEERS IN DELINQUENCY
- HYPOTHESES
- Procedure and Materials
- THE BIOSOCIAL FOUNDATIONS TO ANTISOCIALBEHAVIOR
- BEHAVIORAL GENETIC RESEARCH
- GENE X ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
- SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- GENE X ENVIRONMENT CORRELATIONS
- EPIGENETICS
- MODEL AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIONOF NARCISSISTIC IDENTITY VULNERABILITY.UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING MALADJUSTEDBEHAVIOUR IN ADOLESCENTS
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. THREE CONCEPTS
- 3. FROM NARCISSISM TO THE NARCISSISTIC IDENTITY STRUCTURE
- Freudian Model of Narcissism
- 4. REGULATING THE DOUBLE LIBIDINAL CATHEXIS
- 5. NARCISSISTIC IDENTITY VULNERABILITY
- 6. TRIPLE IDENTITY INSCRIPTION AND POINTS OFVULNERABILIZATION
- 7. OPERATIONALIZATION
- 8. ANALYSIS OF MALADJUSTED BEHAVIORS
- Maladjusted Behaviors and Acting Out
- Typology of the Dynamics and the Economy of Maladjusted Behaviors.
- An example of a Life Line.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61324-469-X
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