Urban Neighborhoods, Families, and Juvenile Delinquency
By Deborah Gorman-Smith, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 15, Number 1, 2008, Pages 17-20 , Item# A151-Gorman-Smith
Abstract:
Delinquency has multiple causes. This article explores the effect of both family functioning and urban neighborhood characteristics on risk for delinquency involvement. It reviews the results of the longitudinal Chicago Youth Development Study and then provides six opportunities to support families in urban neighborhoods.
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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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