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Contact with Foster Care and the Juvenile Delinquency Court: A Prospective Examination from Birth through Age 18
PurposeResearch has demonstrated a link between out-of-home foster care and subsequent juvenile justice involvement. Understanding factors that may...
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Structural Strain, Family Control, and Delinquency: A Qualitative Analysis of Juvenile Offenders Affected by China’s Rural-to-Urban Migration
According to official statistics, children in China affected by migration, including migrant and left-behind children, commit a disproportionately...
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Muslim Religiosity and Juvenile Delinquency: A Systematic Review
While discussion of religiosity and delinquency has garnered attention in the past few decades, few studies have focused on how religiosity...
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Coercive Parenting and Juvenile Delinquency in China: Assessing Gender Differences in the Moderating Effect of Empathic Concern
Coercive parenting has been identified as a prevalent parenting style in Chinese society. Previous research has shown that personal attributes such...
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The Person-Computer Interface in Delinquency Research: Proactive Criminal Thinking as a Moderator of the Hacking with Peers–Juvenile Offending Relationship
In an effort to gain insight into the human–computer interface, the current study sought to determine whether peer-related computer hacking...
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Building Resilience in Juvenile Offenders
This chapter is focused on how to avoid delinquency, detention, and incarceration for young people by using early prevention and effective programs...
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In the Matter of Family v. Delinquency: Parental Experiences with Juvenile Court
The juvenile justice system has long considered the importance of the role of parents in child development and responding to delinquency. The...
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Childhood maltreatment and psychopathy in Chinese juvenile offenders: person-centered perspective
BackgroundChildhood maltreatment stands as a salient risk factor in the etiology of juvenile delinquency, with a profound impact on the behavioral...
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Associations between online communication with strangers and mild delinquency in junior high school students
Today, adolescents can easily make contact with strangers online. The present study examines the relation of online communication with strangers...
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Sexual Minority Status, Bullying Exposure, Emotion Regulation Difficulties, and Delinquency Among Court-Involved Adolescent Girls
Sexual minority adolescent girls are overrepresented in the justice system. This study used the minority stress model and psychological mediation...
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Juvenile Delinquency in Brazil: Development of Adolescents in Adverse Contexts
Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world. Against this scenario, Brazil stands out because of its high homicide rate. Young...
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Theories of Juvenile Delinquency
Multiple theories exist that help our understanding of the emergence, development and trajectories of juvenile crime. This chapter examines the...
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Girls in Juvenile Justice
The juvenile justice system serves youth who commit both illegal acts and status offenses. These youth are more likely than their peers to have...
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Childhood maltreatment, shame, and self-esteem: an exploratory analysis of influencing factors on criminal behavior in juvenile female offenders
ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the relationships between childhood maltreatment, shame, and self-esteem among juvenile female offenders and...
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The Co-development of Friends’ Delinquency with Adolescents’ Delinquency and Short-term Mindsets: The Moderating Role of Co-Offending
The companions in crime hypothesis suggests that co-offending moderates the link between peer delinquency and adolescent delinquency. However, this...
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Hope as a Protective Factor: Relations to Adverse Childhood Experiences, Delinquency, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) predict poor outcomes in adolescence, including delinquency and internalizing symptoms such as posttraumatic...
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How Young Offenders’ Perceive Their Life Courses and the Juvenile Justice System: A Systematic Review of Recent Qualitative Research
Adolescence is a key period in shaping later delinquency trajectories. Qualitative studies provide a valuable complement to quantitative research by...
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Is Juvenile Justice System Involvement Context-Dependent?: The Differential Experiences of Older Foster Youth in the Context of Extended Foster Care
Foster youth are at increased risk of entering the justice system, particularly as they age out of foster care. The high prevalence of crime among...
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Risk and Protective Factors of Juvenile Justice Involvement among Post-Adjudicated Young Women
This study utilizes the risk and resilience framework to understand the risk and protective correlates of moderate to high levels of juvenile justice...