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Individual, social, and community
- Risk factors for delinquency fall into three broad categories: individual, social, and community. Individual factors include psychological, behavioral, and mental characteristics; social factors include family and peer influences; and community factors include school and neighborhood characteristics.
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May 1, 2023 · The present study examined relations and interactions among juvenile delinquents’ self-consciousness, family factors, social relationships, belief in a just world, and legal consciousness, and then developed a predictive model to distinguish between juvenile delinquents and non-delinquents.
1 day ago · Implementing uniform measurement practices can enhance research outcome reliability, inform targeted interventions, and support effective policy decisions aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency.
Several studies have found a consistent relationship between involvement in a delinquent peer group and delinquent behavior. Lipsey and Derzon (1998) noted that for youth ages 12–14, a key predictor variable for delinquency is the presence of antisocial peers.
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Mar 26, 2020 · Although early childhood aggression was the strongest predictor of future serious delinquency, Broidy and colleagues found evidence to suggest that when controlling for physical aggression, early non-aggressive conduct problems increase the risk of later violent delinquency while early oppositional behaviors independently increase the risk of ...
- Tom D. Kennedy, David Detullio, Danielle H. Millen
- 2020
Mar 26, 2020 · Research related to the following categories of risk factors for delinquency were examined: (1) psychiatric diagnoses and personality characteristics, (2) substance use, (3) trauma, (4) peer influence, (5) cognitive functioning, (6) environmental factors, and (7) biological factors.
- Tom D. Kennedy, David Detullio, Danielle H. Millen
- 2020
A large number of individual factors and characteristics has been associated with the development of juvenile delinquency. These individual factors include age, gender, complications during pregnancy and delivery, impulsivity, aggressiveness, and substance use.
Jul 19, 2023 · The results of this research show that harsh discipline especially predicts delinquency in the presence of other risk factors, particularly a convicted parent, low family income, low nonverbal intelligence, high daring, high hyperactivity, and high troublesomeness.