JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Juvenile Delinquency

Using both the concepts of nature and nurture, how do modern psychologists explain juvenile delinquency?

Strong evidence exists that parental factors play a critical role in the development of delinquent behaviour (Patterson, Reid, & Dishion, 2007). Research on the role of parenting as a source of delinquency risk has extended, and is continuing to exert, considerable influence on the nature of intervention with antisocial youth and families. Moreover, community-based services, including family intervention, are often ordered or recommended as a component of court intervention or at the point of intake into the juvenile justice system (Wood, 2006). We know however, ...