Predicting Juvenile Delinquency

Weeks, H. Ashley

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“…Furthermore, local statistics compiled in 1964 at the Summit County Juvenile Court at Akron, Ohio revealed that a core group of 37 per cent of all first admissions accounted for 80 per cent of total admissions. Research on juvenile delinquent recidivists has relied to a great extent upon case history attempts to isolate socio-economic correlates (Wattenberg, 1953(Wattenberg, , 1956Wattenberg & Quiroz, 1954;Wattenberg & Saunders, 1955;Weeks, 1943). Several studies, particularly those dealing with adult populations, have investigated the classically assumed causal relationship between "intelligence and criminality" (Erikson, 1928-29;Frank, 1931 ;Glueck & Glueck, 1930;Hartman, 1940;Lane & Witty, 1935;Mann & Mann, 1939;Murchison, 1926;Sutherland, 1931).…”

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Prediction of Recidivism among Juvenile Delinquents with the Hand Test

Wetsel

Shapiro

Wagner

1967

Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment

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Prediction of Recidivism among Juvenile Delinquents with the Hand Test

Wetsel

Shapiro

Wagner

1967

Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment

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“…Hathaway and Monachesi (1953) and Peterson, Quay, and Cameron (1959) focused upon personality variables as predictors. Reckless (1955) studied age as a predictor variable, and Weeks (1943) and Glueck (1950) assessed the relationship of the boy's home environment to his postrelease adjustment. Glueck (1945) also studied both the seriousness of the delinquents' offenses as a predictor variable and the relationship of institutional adjustment to postrelease adjustment.…”

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Predicting institutional and postrelease adjustment of delinquent boys.

Cowden¹,

Pacht²

1967

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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152 consecutive 1st admissions to a correctional school for delinquent boys were assessed in order to develop and compare the predictive efficiency of S multiple-regression equations. Those equations showing significant predictive efficiency included those predicting: (a) institutional adjustment, (b) the 1st 3 mo. of postrelease adjustment, (c) time on parole until revocation, and (d) time on parole until discharge. A global prognostic rating based upon personality factors best predicted institutional adjustment, while a global prognostic rating based primarily upon family background factors best predicted postrelease adjustment. Ratings from parole agents' reports were most predictive of time on parole until revocation and of time on parole until discharge from parole status. This study also demonstrated a technique for using multiple-regression results to segregate delinquent boys into subgroups with differing supervision and treatment needs, facilitating the use of such results in making day-to-day decisions about them.

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Some relationships between children's symptoms of maladjustment and background factors

Snyder

1946

J. Clin. Psychol.

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INTRODUCTIONThe question of whether any significant relationships exist between children's symptoms of maladjustment and certain factors in their backgrounds was felt to be worthy of investigation. For example, is the child of a mother who has extra-marital relations overly concerned with sex? Do children of alcoholics show any characteristic symptoms? The purpose of the'present study is to demonstrate statistically relationships between some twenty-eight symptoms of problem behavior in children and eleven environmental and other factors. The symptoms dealt with were as follows : hyperactivity, pugnaciousness, destructiveness, antagonism to authority, disobedience, incorrigibility, masturbation, sex play (with others), stealing, lying, sibling rivalry, selfishness, somatic complaints, irresponsibility, withdrawing behavior, inferiority feelings, enuresis, temper tantrums, speech disability, nervous symptoms, fears, tics, poor appetite, poor sleep, dependency on parents, reading disability, running away, and school problem behavior. The background factors which were studied in relation to the symptoms just listed were : intelligence of the child ; significant diseases of the child ; whether the child was living with his own parents or was living with adoptive, foster, or step-parents ; illegitimacy ; type of discipline used in the home; significant diseases of the parents; court charges against the parents ; extra-marital relationships of the parents ; whether the child was rejected, accepted or overprotected ; drinking by the parents ; and economic status of the family.Current literature on the topic of this study seems to be divided into two types, those articles based upon observation and those based upon experimentation. A brief review of some of the latter group is pertinent to the discussion. Only one article written within the past eight years was found to be similar in hypothesis to the present study. Baruch(3) studied thirty-three preschool age children whose parents were of superior intelligence and of a high economic status. She found that the problems which seemed most closely related to child adjustment were tensions over sex, and ascendance-submission, and these two problems seemed to project into other areas causing new problems. A somewhat similar study was made by Symonds(l6) of rejection and overprotection of children. He found that accepted children have more socially acceptable behavior and personality characteristics than rejected children. Rejected children show an excess of activity and restlessness. They are given to attention-getting behavior and are notorious trouble-makers in school.

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Predicting Juvenile Delinquency

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Prediction of Recidivism among Juvenile Delinquents with the Hand Test

Prediction of Recidivism among Juvenile Delinquents with the Hand Test

Predicting institutional and postrelease adjustment of delinquent boys.

Some relationships between children's symptoms of maladjustment and background factors

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