DELINQUENCY VULNERABILITY - A CROSS GROUP AND LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS (FROM JUVENILE DELINQUENCY - A SOCIOLOGICAL READER, 1976, BY JAMES O. STANDLEY - SEE NCJ-41499)

• NCJ Number: 41502
• Author(s): S DINITZ; F R SCARPITTI; W C RECKLESS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Xerox Individualized Publishing
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, V 27 (1962), P 515-517

Annotation

A RESEARCH REPORT IS CONCERNED WITH AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER WHAT INSULATES EARLY ADOLESCENT BOYS IN HIGH DELINQUENCY AREAS AGAINST DELINQUENCY.

Abstract

THE STUDY IS BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF 70 BOYS AT 12 YEARS OLD AND AGAIN AT 16 WHO WERE NOMINATED BY THEIR SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS AS HEADED FOR DELINQUENCY. A COMPARISON GROUP OF 103 'GOOD' BOYS WERE ASSESSED UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. THE RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THAT NON-DELINQUENT BOYS EVIDENCE A GOOD SELF-CONCEPT, A PRODUCT OF GOOD SOCIALIZATION, PROVIDING RESISTANCE TO DELINQUENT-PRODUCING INFLUENCES...TWH