Sentences with phrase «juvenile delinquent behavior»

This could be juvenile delinquent behaviors, risk taking behaviors like drinking alcohol or taking drugs or being part of a social group were being aggressive is part of the norm - being part of the football team would be an example of that.

Not exact matches

Kids who end up as juvenile delinquents often come from homes that are neglectful emotionally, The Atlantic observes in its discussion on group homes for kids and teens with severe psychopathic behaviors.

In addition, some theories of juvenile delinquency suggest that youth develop delinquent behavior patterns because they have not identified with appropriate role models in their environment (Hawkins & Weis, 1985).

Much delinquent behavior results from, or is contributed to, by the dynamics of the particular family in which the juvenile lives and has been raised.

«Just Some Juvenile Thinnking About Delinquent Behavior: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Approach to Relapse Prevention Planning and Youth Advisory Juries, 69 of Missourri at Kansas City Law Review 93, (2000).

Target Population: Youth, 12 to 17 years old, with possible substance abuse issues who are at risk of out - of - home placement due to antisocial or delinquent behaviors and / or youth involved with the juvenile justice system (some other restrictions exist, see the Essential Components section for more details)

The NMRC Research Board also helps develop a repository of mentoring program resources (e.g., training guides, handbooks and curricula) that are intended to promote positive youth outcomes, particularly those relating to the prevention of delinquent behavior, victimization and juvenile justice system involvement.

Attachment could therefore be a target for intervention to reduce or prevent future delinquent behavior in juveniles.

It is important to note that in Switzerland, youths can be placed in welfare and juvenile justice institutions because of: delinquent behavior (criminal law measure), youth welfare reasons (civil law measure, e.g., maltreatment, parental psychopathology, prostitution and drug abuse) or other reasons (e.g., their own or parents» choice).

While, when defining effective intervention efforts, it is important to test whether the predictive value of psychopathic traits on delinquent behavior is confined only to the most antisocial youths or whether the relationship between psychopathic traits and delinquent characteristics is similar for juvenile justice and non-juvenile justice youths [7].

However, up till now the vast majority of research on psychopathic traits and delinquent behavior has focused on high - risk samples for juvenile delinquency [7].

Gaining greater understanding of associations between psychopathic traits and delinquent behavior in a high - risk sample for juvenile delinquency as well as in a general population sample is essential for developing effective intervention strategies.