Juvenile Delinquency - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Results of a type 2 translational research trial to prevent adolescent drug use and delinquency: a test of Communities That Care.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To test whether the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system reduces adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and delinquent behavior communitywide. DESIGN: The Community Youth Development Study is the first randomized trial ... Read more...

Iatrogenic effect of juvenile justice.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The present study uses data from a community sample of 779 low-SES boys to investigate whether intervention by the juvenile justice system is determined, at least in part, by particular individual, familial and social conditions, and ... Read more...

Gang youth as a vulnerable population for nursing intervention.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Gang youth often come from socially and economically marginalized communities. Such youth report significantly higher rates of participation in violence, substance use, and risky sexual behaviors than their nongang peers. AIMS: This ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Juvenile Delinquency - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A new approach to prevention and reduction of youth violence. 30 Aug 2009
• Understanding the importance of Communities That Care. 30 Aug 2009
• Results of a type 2 translational research trial to prevent adolescent drug use and delinquency: a test of Communities That Care. 30 Aug 2009
• US faces crisis in mental health care for juvenile offenders. 20 Aug 2009
• Iatrogenic effect of juvenile justice. 30 Jul 2009
• Gang youth as a vulnerable population for nursing intervention. 29 Jun 2009
• Bidirectional influences of violence exposure and adjustment in early adolescence: externalizing behaviors and school connectedness. 29 Jun 2009
• Nitrite inhalant abuse in antisocial youth: prevalence, patterns, and predictors. 30 May 2009
• Working in a youth offending team: the learning disability nurse's role. 30 May 2009
• Pregnancy rates among juvenile justice girls in two randomized controlled trials of multidimensional treatment foster care. 30 May 2009
• Mediators of change for multisystemic therapy with juvenile sexual offenders. 30 May 2009
• The incidence of dyslexia among young offenders in Kuwait. 29 Apr 2009
• Early childhood psychological problems predict a poor sense of coherence in adolescents: a 15-year follow-up study. 29 Apr 2009
• Examining childhood abuse patterns and sensitive periods in juvenile sexual offenders. 5 Apr 2009
• Still shackled in the land of liberty: denying children the right to be safe from abusive "treatment". 30 Mar 2009
• A mechanistic explanation of popularity: genes, rule breaking, and evocative gene-environment correlations. 30 Mar 2009
• Comparative study of the prevalence of suicidal behavior and sexual abuse history in delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents. 30 Mar 2009
• Telemedicine in children and adolescents. 30 Mar 2009
• Dissemination and effectiveness of multisystemic treatment in New Zealand: a benchmarking study. 30 Mar 2009
• Substance use and delinquency among fifth graders who have jobs. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Juvenile Delinquency'

Definition: The antisocial acts of children or persons under age which are illegal or lawfully interpreted as constituting delinquency.

Descriptor UI: D007604

Alternative terms: Juvenile Delinquency; Delinquency, Juvenile;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; rehabilitation;

Tree Number: I01.880.735.479;

Technical Notes: IM