Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond

Results of the Second International Self-Report Delinquency Study
PublicatiesGepubliceerd op: 01-01-10
Delinquency in Europe and Beyond: Results of the Second International Self-Report Delinquency Study presents the status of juvenile crime and delinquency and its backgrounds in many of the European Union member states as well as in the United States, Canada, Venezuela and Surinam. Verwey-Jonker Institute coordinated the data collection in six European Union member states and Holland. The book includes information on key issues in juvenile delinquency such as victimization of young people, alchohol and drug use and its relation to juvenile crime, involvement in youth gangs, immigration, family and school and neighborhood situations. It provides insight into different views on what can be considered juvenile crime; what acts are subsumed in its definition and when we can speak about structural delinquent behavior.

These insights are based on self-reported information systematically and simultaneously collected from about 70.000 12-15 your old youths in 28 countries. Until recently, the self-report methodology has not been applied on such a large scale in an international context. The results of this survey provide new and unexpected data about those young people who structurally commit criminal acts, as well as on the frequency of the behavior and the conditions that have an impact on offending.

The wealth of descriptions and insights in delinquency of all these countries will be of great interest to scholars, students and practitioners because of the special character of the publication; it is a book of refernce to everyone interested in the backgrounds of juvenile delinquency.

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  • Jeugdhulp

    De jeugd is onze toekomst! Daarom vinden wij het belangrijk om jeugdigen, opvoeders en professionals in de jeugdhulp - met onafhankelijk wetenschappelijk onderzoek - te ondersteunen.

  • Ondermijning, criminaliteit en veiligheid

    Onderzoek naar ondermijning, criminaliteit en veiligheid is één van de expertisegebieden van het Verwey-Jonker Instituut.

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