Juvenile Delinquency: An Introduction
By Carolyn A. Smith, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 15, Number 1, 2008, Pages 3-7 , Item# A151-Smith
Abstract:
Juvenile Delinquency is a term which is often inaccurately used. This article clarifies definitions, looks at prevalence, and explores the relationship between juvenile delinquency and mental health. Throughout, differences between males and females are explored.
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Preventing Juvenile Delinquency
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 15, Number 1, 2008
“Juvenile Delinquency” is a term that is commonly but imprecisely used. This issue of The Prevention Researcher begins by defining juvenile delinquency. It then offers prevention strategies focusing on a wide array of risk-factors, from associating with delinquent peers, to school-based violence prevention programs, to working with families in urban city environments.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Deviant by Design: Risks Associated with Aggregating Deviant Peers into Group Prevention and Treatment Programs, Pages 8-11
- • Juvenile Delinquency: An Introduction, Pages 3-7
- • Reducing School Violence: School-Based Curricular Programs and School Climate, Pages 12-16
- • Urban Neighborhoods, Families, and Juvenile Delinquency, Pages 17-20
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