“Jumping at the opportunity”: The role of situational and opportunity factors in juvenile delinquency in Southern Europe

Trinidad, Alexander; Vozmediano, Laura; San-Juan, César

doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2019.100347

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“…A strong cultural background promotes better social cohesion, which strengthens connections and a sense of unity among community members [22]. A study of the cultural and geographic contexts of the Basque Country in southern Europe shows that a favorable cultural backdrop, leisure activities, and suitable social cohesiveness might have a beneficial impact on adolescent delinquency [26]. As most people are content with the principles of rules and do not wish to break them, decent social cohesiveness indicates positive solidarity among individuals.…”

Section: The Influence Of Cultural and Historical Backgroundmentioning

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The Influence of Child and Adolescent Education on Juvenile Delinquency

Zhang

2023

LNEP

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The educational process plays a vital role in human development, cultivating a better future from childhood. The topic of juvenile delinquency, which is on the rise, is one of the difficult issues attracting the attention of many psychologists and educators. Young criminals are not stereotyped to be bad members of society, and the impact of child and adolescent education may contribute to their misbehavior. Juvenile delinquents' education since childhood, such as family and school education, affects their behavioral changes and individual values as they mature. Varied social changes and surroundings impact the rate of juvenile delinquents. This study explores the influence of child and adolescent education on juvenile delinquency in three aspects: the effect of family education, school education, and social environment. A qualified family education, such as educational levels, familial environment, and neighborhood environment, shapes children's good values from a young age, preventing the occurrence of juvenile delinquency. School education equipped with moral education courses, positive teacher-student relationships in school, and a democratic learning environment creates a better curriculum to educate children and adolescents to step into society, lowering the risk of juvenile delinquency. Children's development and behaviors are also influenced by social surroundings, including social insecurity, historical and cultural context, and child socialization. In addition to corrective measures and evidence-based practices in juvenile detention facilities, additional steps, like mandating more effective transition planning, are necessary and urgent. These include aftercare to give them access to basic education or employment opportunities after release, assisting them in better reintegrating into society and making their contributions. A successful reentry into the community requires an effective transition procedure and high-quality support services.

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Section: The Influence Of Cultural and Historical Backgroundmentioning

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The Influence of Child and Adolescent Education on Juvenile Delinquency

Zhang

2023

LNEP

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“…Hirschi laid the roots of this theory in 1969, emphasizing that it is unlikely that a juvenile will go through delinquency if he or she is properly socialized through the processes of upbringing and education and has strong ties with the community, respecting conventional norms and values. Routine activity theory, which is widely used in the field of criminology and victimology, emphasizes that, as Trinidad et al (2019) point out, everyday activities play a significant role in shaping behavior. According to and , Routine activity theory identifies three necessary elements for a crime to occur: an offender, a target, and the absence of guardians.…”

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Socioeconomic aspect of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Serbia

Bošković¹

2022

Ž bezbj krimi

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Juvenile delinquency is a widespread sociopathological and security phenomenon, which, due to its increasingly serious forms and consequences, deserves more attention from scholars and professional experts, that is, the general public. The consequences of some violent acts, which produce victims, committed by juveniles are so serious that this phenomenon first requires a comprehensive understanding, then resolving the cause. This paper focuses on sociological theories and such an aspect of the approach to the causes of juvenile delinquency. The tendencies of juvenile crime are observed from the aspect of socioeconomic situation in society and the position and functionality of families, and above all, through the prism of the data obtained from centers for social work and the records of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia. This paper seeks to present the trend of socioeconomic vulnerability of families, social service interventions in families with violence and the number of juveniles who needed some service provided by the center for social work, to show whether the values of these factors follow each other and what trends we can expect. The data generated by the Republic Institute for Social Protection, which is obtained from all centers for social work refers to the period 2015-2019. The years 2020 and 2021 are specific to research and certainly require a broader analysis, given the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the declaration of a state of emergency, the imposition of curfew and numerous other regulatory measures to prevent the spread of infection, which we believe has had an impact on crime rates in general, even juvenile delinquency.

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“…While the analysis occurred in the context of land bank housing in the USA, the analytical method and the resulting findings have the potential for replication in the European context and add to the expanding body of global research addressing crime Bisogno et al, 2015;de Bont, 2018;Harrendorf, 2018;Karstedt, 2001;Loughman, 2018;Thompson et al, 2013;Townsley et al, 2016;Trinidad et al, 2019). It also has policy implications for local jurisdictions attempting to manage crime through community interventions including CPTED, neighborhood design, community design, demolitions, renovation/rehab programs, abandoned housing programs and neighborhood revitalization/restructuring which have attracted global attention (Cardia, 2013;Cozens and Love, 2015;Duarte, 2013;Fisher, 2016;Foster et al, 2011;Lorenc et al, 2013;Mihinjac and Saville, 2019;Minnery and Lim, 2005;Peeters and Vander Beken, 2017).…”

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Reframing the properties, places and crime paradigm: exploring spatiotemporal regime shifts

Delisle

Grissom²,

Never

2020

JERER

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore spatiotemporal factors that affect the empirical analysis of whether crime rates in buffer areas surrounding abandoned properties transferred to a Land Bank that differed among three regimes: before transfer, during Land Bank stewardship and after disposition and whether those differences were associated with differences in relative crime activity in the neighborhoods in which they were located. Design/methodology/approach This study analyzed crime incidents occurring between 2010 and 2018 in 0.1-mile buffer areas surrounding 31 abandoned properties sold by the Land Bank and their neighborhoods in which those properties were located. Using Copulas, researchers compared concordance/discordance in the buffer areas across the three regime states for each property and approximately matched time periods for associated neighborhoods. Findings In a substantial number of cases, the relative crime activity levels for buffer areas surrounding individual sold properties as measured by the Copulas shifted from concordant to discordant states and vice versa. Similarly, relative crime activity levels for neighborhoods shifted from concordant to discordant states across three matched regimes. In some cases, the property and neighborhood states matched, while in other cases they diverged. These cross-level interactions indicate that criminal behavioral patterns and target selection change over time and relative criminal activity. The introduction of Copulas can improve the reliability of such models over time and when and where they should be customized to add more granular insights needed by law enforcement agencies. Research limitations/implications The introduction of Copulas can improve the spatiotemporal reliability of the analysis of criminal activity over space and time. Practical implications Spatiotemporal considerations should be incorporated in setting interventions to manage criminal activity. Social implications This study provides support for policies supporting renovation of abandoned properties. Originality/value To the best of authors’ knowledge, this research is the first application of Copulas to crime impact studies. As noted, Copulas can help reduce the risk of applying intervention or enforcement programs that are no longer reliable or lack the precision provided by insights into convergent/divergent patterns of criminal activity.

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“Jumping at the opportunity”: The role of situational and opportunity factors in juvenile delinquency in Southern Europe

Cited by 6 publications

References 50 publications

The Influence of Child and Adolescent Education on Juvenile Delinquency

The Influence of Child and Adolescent Education on Juvenile Delinquency

Socioeconomic aspect of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Serbia

Reframing the properties, places and crime paradigm: exploring spatiotemporal regime shifts

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