Delinquency, sex, and family variables
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Social Biology
- Vol. 23 (2) , 168-171
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.1976.9988223
Abstract
Subjects studied were 182 delinquents, aged 10-20 yr, referred consecutively by probation officers for psychological evaluation for treatment planning. As hypothesized, 2 family variables, broken homes and large families, were more frequently found among delinquents than among the general population, with broken homes more frequent for female delinquents, and large families more frequent for male delinquents. The broken-home rate for male delinquents was no larger than that estimated for the comparable general population. Both rates were higher than in previous years and for other geographical areas.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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