Sökning: "delinquency"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 44 avhandlingar innehållade ordet delinquency.

1. 1. Characteristics of adolescent females with limited delinquency : Developmental challenges in relation to family, peers and education

   Författare :Azadé Azad; Hanna Ginner Hau; Ann-Charlotte Smedler; Therése Skoog; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; female offenders; limited delinquency; adolescence; educational attainment; interpersonal relations; peers; family; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Adolescence is a developmental period marked with several changes in a young person’s life. Most adolescents who commit crimes desist over time. Despite this, research has mainly focused on those with extensive and long-term delinquency, including mostly males. Young females with limited delinquency are thus an under-researched group. LÄS MER

3. 2. Preventing underage alcohol drinking through working with parents

   Författare :Nikolaus Koutakis; Håkan Stattin; Anna Sarkadi; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adolescents; adolescent drinking; alcohol; delinquency; evaluation; intention to treat; intervention; longitudinal; parental attitudes; prevention; ÖPP; Effekt; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Sammanfattning : An evaluation is reported of an alcohol prevention program that targets parents in order to decrease drinking among 13-16 year-olds. The evaluation was performed in a quasi-experimental study with a matched control group and annual assessments, directed at youths and their parents independently, in a longitudinal intention-to-treat design. LÄS MER

4. 3. Situational sources of rule-breaking acts : an analytic criminology approach

   Författare :Alberto P. Chrysoulakis; Marie Torstensson Levander; Anna-Karin Ivert; Alfonso Serrano Maíllo; Malmö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescents; collective efficacy; crime propensity; delinquency; mechanisms; morality; peers; rule-breaking; self-control; situational action theory; time-use; unstructured socialising; Kriminologi; Criminology;

   Sammanfattning : Criminology has long been divided by mainly focusing on people’s propensities to commit crimes, on the one hand, and environmental characteristics conducive to crime, on the other. Such a division must be bridged to advance knowledge about why some people, but not others, commit rule-breaking acts in some environments but not in others. LÄS MER

5. 4. Leisure in adolescence : youths' activity choices and why they are linked to problems for some and not others

   Författare :Andreas Persson; Margaret Kerr; Bonnie Barber; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; structured activities; unstructured activities; extracurricular activities; youth centers; parent relations; peer relations; delinquency; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Sammanfattning : Adolescents spend a great amount of time engaged in different leisure activities. Some of the activity choices they make can put them at risk for negative socialization. In particular, peer-oriented, unstructured activities such as hanging out on the streets or at neighborhood recreation centers have been linked to problem development. LÄS MER

7. 5. The rhythm of adolescence : morningness-eveningness and adjustment from a developmental perspective

   Författare :Anna-Karin Andersson [Andershed]; Margaret Kerr; Mats Gillberg; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; morningness-Eveningness; circadian rhytmicity; sleep-wake; adolescence; development; social adjustment; school adjustment; family relations; risk; delinquency; impulsiveness; sensation-seeking; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Sammanfattning : In recent developmental research, sleep-wake patterns and preferences, in other words Morningness-Eveningness, have been shown to be related to various kinds of problem behavior. Previous research on adolescents has demonstrated that individuals with a sleep-wake preference toward staying up late in the evening and arising late in the morning (i.e. LÄS MER