Desistance from violent delinquency: Investigating possible predictors of juvenile violence termination.

详细信息   

• 作者：Stewart ; Robert Tate.
• 学历：M.S.
• 年：2013
• 导师：Connell, Nadine,eadvisorBarnes, James C.ecommittee memberJacobs, Bruce A.ecommittee member
• 毕业院校：The University of Texas
• Department：Criminology
• ISBN：9781303247552
• CBH：1541694
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：2150520
• Pages：43

文摘

Most delinquent juveniles will discontinue criminal behavior early in their lives, suggesting that delinquent desistance and the processes by which juvenile offenders "grow out of" criminality are areas in need of continued scientific inquiry. While desistance is the focus of a vast body of quality delinquency research, articles assessing what factors may lead to desistance of violent behaviors are rather sparse. Looking to add to this subset of the desistance literature, the current study examined how violent juveniles' experience with nonviolent delinquent behaviors, parental attachment, and household income may have influenced their likelihood of desistance from violence. Findings indicate that more nonviolent delinquent experience increases the degree to which adolescents reduce commissions of violence, especially in males. Other independent variables appear largely insignificant. Policy implications and promising avenues for future research of juvenile violence desistance are discussed.