News tagged with delinquency
Delinquent acts less likely for youths from religious-centered, two-parent homes
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
3
(PhysOrg.com) -- A committed two-adult household with strong religious values may reduce the likelihood that youths will commit acts such as assault, vandalism and theft throughout adolescence and into early adulthood, says ...
Adolescent Risk-Taking Has Major Consequences When It Comes To Marriage
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (4) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- A national study of data collected over 12 years finds that delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers, while substance-abusing teens -- especially girls who abuse marijuana -- marry ...
Search results for delinquency
Can involvement in extra-curricular activities help prevent juvenile delinquency?
Mar 22, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (8) |
0
Parents concerned about their teens' involvement in risky and criminal behavior have traditionally involved their kids in sports, church and community activities. Do those activities really help prevent risky behaviors in ...
Early sex may lead teens to delinquency, study shows
Feb 26, 2007 |
3.6 / 5 (13) |
0
Teens who start having sex significantly earlier than their peers also show higher rates of delinquency in later years, new research shows.
Positive parenting associated with less aggression in early-maturing teen girls
Aug 04, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Adolescent girls who go through puberty early and have parents who do not nurture them, communicate with them or have knowledge of their activities appear more likely to display aggressive behavior, according to a report ...
Black entrepreneurs 4 times more likely to be refused credit than white businesses
Nov 17, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
A research paper, by Dr Stuart Fraser of Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, has found that many Ethnic Minority owned Businesses (EMBs) in the UK struggle to obtain credit in comparison to White owned businesses. ...
Face off: Misunderstood expressions facilitate adolescent aggression
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 17, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
Juvenile delinquency may be a result of misunderstood social cues. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health shows that male juvenile delinquents frequently misint ...
Scientifically valid prevention programs cut rates of juvenile delinquency
Jun 23, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 (5) |
0
Seventh-grade students in U.S. communities that have set up scientifically validated programs to reduce juvenile delinquency have a significantly smaller chance of engaging such behavior than do children in towns that have ...
Delinquent boys at increased risk of premature death and disability by middle age
Dec 07, 2009 |
1 / 5 (1) |
1
Men who have a history of delinquency in childhood are more likely to die or become disabled by the time they are 48, and not just from the obvious consequences of antisocial behaviour, new research indicates.
Kids from juvenile justice system 7 times more likely to commit criminal acts
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
A new study shows that juvenile delinquents sentenced to either a juvenile retreat, probation or unsupervised community service were seven times more likely to commit criminal acts as adults than youngsters from the control ...
Adolescents with unpopular names more prone to committing crime
Jan 28, 2009 |
2.2 / 5 (6) |
4
A new study in the journal Social Science Quarterly examined the relationship between first name popularity in adolescents and tendency to commit crime. Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names ...
Religion may have evolved because of its ability to help people exercise self-control
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 30, 2008 |
2.4 / 5 (16) |
10
Self-control is critical for success in life, and a new study by University of Miami professor of Psychology Michael McCullough finds that religious people have more self-control than do their less religious counterparts. ...
List of search results for delinquency
