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DETERRENTS TO DELINQUENCY AS PERCEIVED BY DELINQUENTS AND NON-DELINQUENTS: A STUDY

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Date Issued:
1976
Summary:
The problem: The purpose of this study was to identify factors serving as deterrents to juvenile crime as perceived by juveniles. An emphasis was placed on the identification of factors which youth perce ive as: 1) having prevented non-delinquent adolescents from breaking the law; 2) deterrents which may have prevented delinquent adolescents from breaking the law. Questions to be answered and explored in this study were: 1) How do police and judicial efforts affect juvenile crime? 2) What can the school do in the area of prevention of crime? 3) What effect, if any, do the family and/or significant others have in deterring juvenile crime? 4) How do free time and/or planned activities influence juveniles in crime involvement or non-involvement? Conclusions and Recommendations: There are three major consequences recommended by the findings of the juveniles' own stated opinions: l) monetary compensation to be rendered either by parents or through parental channels. 2) exposure, or some type of resultant publicity for juveniles found guilty of crimes. 3) reparation through a program of supervised work. Related recommendations include: l) Any act of violence or vandalism should be dealt with according to previously stated policy so that each member of the school community may abide by the policy with previous knowledge of consequences. 2) Whatever policy is promulgated, and however it is administered, it must be consistently and uniformly applied.
Title: DETERRENTS TO DELINQUENCY AS PERCEIVED BY DELINQUENTS AND NON-DELINQUENTS: A STUDY.
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Name(s): ROESCH, SHARON HOUSTON
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1976
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 157 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The problem: The purpose of this study was to identify factors serving as deterrents to juvenile crime as perceived by juveniles. An emphasis was placed on the identification of factors which youth perce ive as: 1) having prevented non-delinquent adolescents from breaking the law; 2) deterrents which may have prevented delinquent adolescents from breaking the law. Questions to be answered and explored in this study were: 1) How do police and judicial efforts affect juvenile crime? 2) What can the school do in the area of prevention of crime? 3) What effect, if any, do the family and/or significant others have in deterring juvenile crime? 4) How do free time and/or planned activities influence juveniles in crime involvement or non-involvement? Conclusions and Recommendations: There are three major consequences recommended by the findings of the juveniles' own stated opinions: l) monetary compensation to be rendered either by parents or through parental channels. 2) exposure, or some type of resultant publicity for juveniles found guilty of crimes. 3) reparation through a program of supervised work. Related recommendations include: l) Any act of violence or vandalism should be dealt with according to previously stated policy so that each member of the school community may abide by the policy with previous knowledge of consequences. 2) Whatever policy is promulgated, and however it is administered, it must be consistently and uniformly applied.
Identifier: 11666 (digitool), FADT11666 (IID), fau:8601 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.
Subject(s): Juvenile delinquency
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