Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency
| Author | : Sheldon Glueck |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 1951 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015002271883 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency by : Sheldon Glueck
Download or read book Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency written by Sheldon Glueck and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1951 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authors studied two cohorts of juveniles -- 500 persistently delinquent boys, and 500 non-delinquents -- in an attempt to establish the causes of criminal behaviour. Factors studied included : family, ethnic derivation, age, intelligence, area of residence, body types and medical, social and psychological factors. The data used by the Gluecks was re-analysed in 1995 by Robert Sampson and John H. Laub, published their results in two books : Crime in the making, and Shared beginnings, divergent lives.
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