Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-46).

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 1980. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-60).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / This research studied ego functioning in two classes of delinquents and one class of non-delinquents in relation to informational cues mediated through an authority figure. The particular focus was the ability of the different classes of delinquents to utilize cues based in the social referents 'self' and others. In the present study, the commission of delinquent acts was viewed as indicative of the presence of some departure from normal ego development. Normal ego development is characterized, in psychoanalytic theory, by the gradual decrease of exclusive self-interest and the eventual abandonment of infantile omnipotence conceptions. These genetically early-appearing modes of ego functioning give way to interest in others and to the use of others for purposes of reality testing. The eventual development of an adequate, independent rewarding superego occurs which functions in the creation of guilt and of inner rewards. Severe disruption of normal ego development is seen as related to the mother's management and attitude towards the child in his early life. Disruption in the earliest phases is seen as distorting future ego development and functioning [TRUNCATED].

M.A. / Young people in South Africa are increasingly turning to crime. The majority of those who fall into that trap are between the ages of 16 and 20. This idea is even more disturbing if one considers the impact of rehabilitation in prison and how young people will be equipped to become hardened criminals through institutionalisation with hardened criminals. The literature indicates that certain factors in rehabilitation and family background increase vulnerability to the development of delinquent behaviour, which in turn leads to recidivism. The purpose of this study is to determine whether rehabilitation is an effective method of intervention for juvenile delinquency with specific reference to juveniles in prison, and to review its impact on recidivism. The results will have implications for our understanding of recidivism and rehabilitation in prison, as well as aid in developing well-equipped rehabilitation centres. The sample comprises three juvenile offenders who completed the rehabilitation program with the psychologist and who have done the life skills course. The Phenomenological method of analysis was used on the data. In accordance with previous literature findings, it was found that rehabilitation in prison is not 100 percent effective and as such, certain aspects need to be attended to. In addition the study found that improper rehabilitation does have an impact on recidivism, as all participants had prior arrests for different crimes. It is recommended that if prison rehabilitation programs are to be successfully implemented, issues like the strict allocation of prisoners in accordance with age and type of offence committed, as well as language in which programs are presented and good training for warders based on rehabilitation and redeployment, need to be considered.

The subject of this is juvenile delinquency among the British Columbian Indian girls, but it is presented against a background of the living and opportunity conditions of the native Indian, especially the girl who leaves her home and comes unguarded to the metropolis. The study attempts to throw light on the causes of Indian delinquency and the current method of treating Indian offenders from a specific sample of cases. The main research material is taken from the Girls' Industrial School records of the girls of Indian blood (twenty in all), who were committed there between the years 1944 to 1948. The project was undertaken in full knowledge of the scant material available, but this very lack of material forms one of the findings of the study. So far as the records take the story, Indian delinquent girls show the same causes for their anti-social behaviour as White delinquent girls, but because they are Indian and part of a greater problem, negligible inquiries are made into the reasons for their actions, and their behaviour is explained as 'typically Indian'. Secondly the findings show that Indian girls are treated as an extraneous group. Their rehabilitation into society is unsuccessful because the British Columbian authorities are overwhelmed by the administrative difficulties involved, attention is at present concentrated on other delinquent problems which are not so complex. The conclusion is drawn that the fate of these Indian girls must promote greater awareness of the part social work could play in helping other Indian children. The conditions under which the Indians live are a discredit to Canadian welfare standards. It is evident that not only personal social services are needed, but-as with other delinquency problems - standards in homes, health and education must be raised. At present Indian delinquency is too isolated as a purely legal offence, a new approach is needed which will recognize it as a welfare problem as well as a criminal problem. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

"The purpose of this study is to survey and evaluate the problem of juvenile delinquency and its treatment in Israel. Juvenile delinquency is defined as '...misbehavior by children and adolescents which leads to referral to the Juvenile court'"--Introduction. / "August, 1996." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Vernon Fox, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-50).

American society traditionally has held the family responsible for the socialization and social control of children, and when youngsters get into trouble the causal finger of blame is pointed at the family. No wonder then that a recurrent issue within the study of delinquent behavior has been the precise etiological role of the family. This thesis begins with an historical examination of the different approaches taken in the sociological study of delinquency and the family. This research investigated whether "interactive effects" are important in conceptualizing and understanding the family's etiological role. The concept of interaction is based upon the assumption that variables may not have causal efficacy within themselves, entirely independent of other variables. Variable interaction occurs when the effect of an independent variable varies depending on the value of another independent variable. This study utilized questionnaire data gathered as a part of the Richmond Youth Study by the Survey Research Center (University of California, Berkeley) in 1965. The original stratified random sample consisted of 5,545 junior and senior high school students. While this sample included both male and female, black and nonblack adolescents, the present analysis focused on the 1,588 nonblack subsample. Survey data was available on a wide variety of youth-related issues, including self-reported delinquent activity and family conditions. This study analyzed the interactive effects of five family dimensions in relation to four other causal variables commonly associated with delinquency involvement: community social disorganization delinquent friends, attachment to peers, and delinquent definitions. Analysis of variance, a multivariate statistical model, was used to distinguish significant independent and interactive effects. Identified interactive effects were then examined through tabular analysis in order to provide a more precise understanding of how these variables interact in affecting delinquency involvement. Finally, the general notions of variable interaction which are implied by existing theories were assessed. The data analysis revealed that family factors influenced delinquency in different ways. The level of an adolescent's attachment to father was found to be independently related to delinquent activity after controlling for all other effects (independent and interactive). Paternal discipline had an interactive effect on delinquency such that the type of paternal discipline influenced the effect that community social disorganization and number of delinquent friends had on delinquency; in turn, paternal discipline was significantly related to delinquency involvement under certain conditions of these same variables. The other three family factors, however, did not have a significant independent or interactive effect on delinquency involvement. These findings suggest that causal explanation and research dealing solely with direct, independent effects may minimize and oversimplify the causal role of certain family factors. At least a small portion of the family's influence on delinquency involvement is through interactive effects with non-familial variables. Existing theories have failed to actively consider such interactive effects. Furthermore, the general notions of variable interaction which are implied by current theories failed to find support in the data of the present study. Thus, future theory and research would likely benefit from consideration of interactive effects.

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