Edwards W J
Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, East Texas State University, Commerce 75429, USA.
Adolescence. 1996 Winter;31(124):973-89.
The present study compared 532 adolescents being detained by country juvenile authorities to 354 adolescents attending public school in reference to the volume of delinquent activity committed for a period of one year prior to the survey. Four levels of delinquent activity were developed, ranging from minor offenses such as runaway behavior to serious offenses such as assault. Participants were also compared on how they responded to several Likert-type questions that measured factors associated with the inclination to commit delinquent acts (anomie, social bonding, delinquent peer association, labeling, and self-esteem). This comparison provided information on the multiple pathways to delinquency which suggested forms of intervention.
本研究将532名被国家少年当局拘留的青少年与354名就读于公立学校的青少年进行了比较，比较内容为调查前一年所实施的违法活动数量。违法活动分为四个级别，从诸如离家出走等轻微犯罪到诸如攻击他人等严重犯罪。参与者还就他们如何回答几个李克特式问题进行了比较，这些问题衡量了与实施犯罪行为倾向相关的因素（失范、社会联结、不良同伴交往、标签化和自尊）。这种比较提供了有关犯罪的多种途径的信息，这些信息暗示了干预形式。
