scholarly journals The criminological aspects of juvenile delinquency

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-169
Author(s):  
Sead Međedović
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Media Reporting

Juvenile delinquency is one of the inexhaustible social and historical curiosities that, conditionally speaking, survives from the earliest times to the present day. In this paper, two typical criminological levels of the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency are going to be presented - etiological and phenomenological context. Given that this is a fairly broad topic and phenomenon, this paper is going to present only the most striking aspects of the etiology and phenomenology of juvenile delinquency. The significance of the research of juvenile delinquency in modern science is all the greater bearing in mind the trends of politicization of this phenomenon with the aim of often tendentious spread of moral panic, as well as sensationalist media reporting. In that context, not only classical, but also contemporary discourse related to the problem of this research is going to be presented in order to explain the issues related to this phenomenon and at the same time demystify the obscure allegations that take place in society.

The ‘Oh, Mistake’ Incident and Juvenile Delinquency in Defeated Japan

2021 ◽  
pp. 002200942110184
Author(s):  
Benjamin Uchiyama
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
Allied Occupation ◽  
Hybrid Identities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Japanese Male ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Many

This article explores the moral panic that erupted in Japan in 1950 over a robbery committed by a Japanese male teenager during the Allied occupation. Labeled by the press as an example of ‘after-war,’ the specific details of the ‘Oh, Mistake’ Incident and the varied public reactions it generated reveals the many ways Japanese people ascribed particular understandings of war, defeat, and occupation through the prism of juvenile delinquency. A close examination of the public outcry illuminates deep-seated Japanese anxieties over not only the future of juveniles traumatized by war and defeat, but also how some of them were able to construct new forms of hybrid identities and even language through Nisei impersonation and broken English during the tumultuous setting of defeated Japan.

Brief Report. The PCL-R and Gender

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Grann
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Matched Pairs ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist Revised ◽  
And Gender

Summary: Hare's Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991 ) was originally constructed for use among males in correctional and forensic settings. In this study, the PCL-R protocols of 36 matched pairs of female and male violent offenders were examined with respect to gender differences. The results indicated a few significant differences. By means of discriminant analysis, male Ss were distinguished from their female counterparts through their relatively higher scores on “callous/lack of empathy” (item 8) and “juvenile delinquency” (item 18), whereas the female Ss scored relatively higher on “promiscuous sexual behavior” (item 11). Some sources of bias and possible implications are discussed.

Unlucky Thirteen: A Cinematic Case Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Postmodern America.

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (Supplement 13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Weinand ◽  
J. Scott Allen
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency
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