scholarly journals Postpenal Support for Minors With Delinquent Behaviors

2021 ◽  
pp. 359-368
Author(s):  
Amra Džajić ◽  
Sena Družić ◽  
Dijana Sulejmanović
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors

Statistical reports show that there is an increasing number of registered juvenile delinquents in the society of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of this paper is to stimulate interest in better and more extensive research and study of this phenomenon and possible relevant solutions in the resocialization of juvenile delinquents. Many aspects and perspectives on the occurrence of juvenile delinquency permeate this work, with a special accent on the importance of quality and consistent provision of post-penal protection to juveniles with delinquent behavior.

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 452-457
Author(s):  
Niels L. Low ◽  
Shelton P. Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Breath Holding

One hundred juvenile delinquents were examined electroencephalographically in order to investigate the incidence and importance of obvious or previously unrecognized temporal lobe epilepsy. This correlation was not found to be significant. Twenty-nine patients were found to have 14 and 6 per second positive spikes. Inquiry also revealed that 13 of the 89 teenagers, for whom a good history could be obtained, had had breath-holding spells in earlier years.

scholarly journals Penalty responsibility of juveniles in the Republic of Srpska

Temida ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-56
Author(s):  
Nikolina Grbic-Pavlovic
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
The Republic

The youngest members of organized society, more intensive than ever enter the circle of those whose behavior is deviant. Juvenile delinquency is a social problem, which recently experienced an expansion in all modern countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Srpska. Considering the fact that juvenile delinquency includes lighter criminal conducts, such as, for example misdemeanors, in this paper a position of juveniles when they are a perpetrators of misdemeanors will be analyzed. Also, the paper will statistically show the number of misdemeanors in the field of public peace and order that juveniles conducted in the Republic of Srpska in the period 2004-2009.

HEALTH CARE FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-435
Author(s):  
Victor Eisner ◽  
Robert I. Sholtz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Young People ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
National Council ◽  
Health Supervision ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Detention Facilities

Pediatricians have long interested themselves in the health of juvenile delinquents. The Academy first appointed a Committee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1955. Although this Committee has changed its title to the Committee on Youth and has expanded its role to include other problems and concerns of young people, it still concerns itself with the health supervision of youth in detention facilities. It has now developed, with the endorsement of the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, written standards for health care provided in juvenile court institutions.1 Juvenile delinquents come largely from low income families, and often from families with serious social problems.

Self-Control, External Environment, and Delinquency: A Test of Self-Control Theory in Rural China

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (16) ◽  
pp. 1696-1716
Author(s):  
Xin Jiang ◽  
Xiaojin Chen ◽  
Yue Zhuo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Control Theory ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

Although self-control consistently emerges as one of the most robust correlates of delinquent behavior, limited empirical attempts have been made to explore the contextual variability of the relationship between self-control and delinquency outside of Western societies. Using data collected from 587 seventh- to ninth-grade students across 10 middle schools in a rural county of Southeast China, we examine self-control’s efficacy in explaining juvenile delinquency in the presence of external environmental factors, and investigate relative strength of self-control and contextual factors in predicting delinquent behaviors. Our results confirm that self-control is an important predictor of delinquent behavior in a non-Western cultural context. However, certain environmental factors rooted in family, school, and peer groups are also shown to be the predictors of delinquent behavior where strength seems to exceed that of self-control. These findings shed more nuanced insights on the nexus between self-control, external situations, and delinquency, and in a broader sense, contribute to the elaboration of a more comprehensive understanding of self-control theory.

Peer selection and influence of delinquent behavior of immigrant and nonimmigrant youths: Does context matter?

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ylva Svensson ◽  
William J. Burk ◽  
Håkan Stattin ◽  
Margaret Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors ◽  
School Contexts ◽  
Peer Selection

This study examines selection and influence related to delinquent behaviors of immigrant and nonimmigrant adolescents attending three majority-immigrant schools (54% to 65.2% immigrant) and four minority-immigrant schools (11.1% to 25.1% immigrant) in one community. The sample included 1,169 youths (50.4% male; 24.2% immigrant) initially between the ages of 12 and 16 years ( M =13.92, SD = 0.85). Results showed that immigrant and nonimmigrant adolescents were similar to their peers on delinquent behaviors, and peer selection and social influence operated in a complementary manner to explain this similarity. The processes did not differ between immigrants and nonimmigrants or between school contexts, suggesting that immigrants do not differ from nonimmigrants on either the prevalence or the processes behind delinquency.

Controlling Juvenile Delinquency: An Evaluation of an Interagency Strategy

1990 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Pennell ◽  
Christine Curtis ◽  
Dennis C. Scheck
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Juvenile Crime ◽  
San Diego County ◽  
Graduated Sanctions ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Extended Time Period

This article presents the findings of a two-year assessment of the impact of the San Diego County Interagency Agreement upon delinquent behavior. The goals of this systemwide strategy are to reduce juvenile delinquency through consistent, early intervention and graduated sanctions, based on the nature of the arrest offense and prior offense history, and to hold youth accountable for their acts. The findings suggest that a strategy such as the Interagency Agreement may be successful in reducing juvenile crime if implemented carefully over an extended time period. Based upon the results of this evaluation, recommendations for other jurisdictions are offered.

OFFENSE CLASSIFICATION AND SOCIAL FACILITATION IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda J. Skitka ◽  
Andrea L. Piatt ◽  
Timothy U. Ketterson ◽  
H. Russell Searight
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Social Facilitation ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
African American Female ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Drive Theory ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
Criminal Charges

Considerable research has investigated the effects of social facilitation on either positive or neutral behaviors, but little if any research has examined whether the presence of others can lead to greater levels of negative behavior. The purpose of this project was to explore the influence of social facilitation on patterns and severity of offenses committed by juvenile delinquents. Study l compared the severity of crime (as measured by the offense classification) as a function of 130 currently incarcerated juvenile delinquents' self-reports of whether their crime was committed alone or with others. Results suggested that juveniles tend to act in concert with others in delinquent acts. White females tended to act in concert with others more than African-American female adolescents in the commission of delinquent acts. However, no significant effects were found for social facilitation and severity of crime, even when controlling for MMPI lie scores. Study 2 addressed the same question, but used an archival approach. Data was obtained for criminal charges and whether the crime happened in the presence or absence of others from random sample of 30 records from a juvenile delinquency home. The best predictor of severity of crime from this sample was the number of people involved with the crime. The study therefore provides limited support for Zajonc's drive theory that suggests social facilitation can have a non-directional effect on behavior.

The Crime of Precocious Sexuality: Female Juvenile Delinquency in the Progressive Era

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Schlossman ◽  
Stephanie Wallach
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Racial Prejudice ◽  
Minority Children ◽  
Court Records ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Female Delinquents

The juvenile justice system's discrimination against poor and minority children has been well documented, but the system's discrimination on the basis of gender has been less widely recognized. Drawing on neglected court records and secondary sources, Steven Schlossman and Stephanie Wallach show how girls bore a disproportionate share of the burden of juvenile justice in the Progressive era. The authors note that during the Progressive era female juvenile delinquents often received more severe punishments than males, even though boys usually were charged with more serious crimes. Schlossman and Wallach conclude that the discriminatory treatment of female delinquents in the early twentieth century resulted from racial prejudice, new theories of adolescence, and Progressive-era movements to purify society.

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