DELINQUENCY: ITS ROOTS, CAREERS AND PROSPECTS
01 January 1991
DELINQUENCY: ITS ROOTS, CAREERS AND PROSPECTS
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D J WEST
HEINEMANN, 1982 186PP (CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGY) 30403
PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE STUDY OF
DELINQUENCY WHICH TOOK 400 SCHOOLDAYS AND STUDIED THEM FROM AGE
8 TO 25 TO SEARCH FOR REASONS WHY SOME BECAME INVOLVED IN
DELINQUENCY AND OTHERS DID NOT. REFLECTS ON THE POLICY
IMPLICATIONS OF THE SURVEY'S FINDINGS, PARTICULARLY THAT
CONVENTIONAL STEREOTYPES FOR DELINQUENCY WERE INADEQUATE.
REFERENCES.
CRIME, RECIDIVIST, VANDALISM, SCHOOL, YOUTH, JUVENILE
DELINQUENCY, FAMILY, TREATMENT, ADOLESCENT, SOCIAL WORKER,
POLICE, EDUCATION, CHILD
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