NCJ Number
79602
Journal
Juvenile and Family Court Journal Volume: 32 Issue: 3 Dated: (August 1981) Pages: 49-57
Date Published
1981
Length
9 pages
Annotation
Based on a probability sample of 7542 from the seventh, ninth, 11th grade students of the Toledo metropolitan area, this study, using self-reported delinquency, investigated the relationship between alienation and deviant behavior.
Abstract
A positive association between alienation (normlessness and societal estrangement) and self-reported delinquency and the direction still maintained when controlled for the age and sex of the students. (Publisher's abstract)