What teachers and probation officers identify as the most influential risk factors that lead youth to criminal behavior

Description

Fifty teachers and forty-five probation officers participated in this study which was designed to elicit their opinions on critical risk factors that lead youth to criminal behavior. Risk factors identified included: dropping out of school, participating in gang activity, poverty, using drugs (or just the availability of drugs), parental involvement in criminal activity, and the lack of parental supervision.

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1. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2957
2. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3974&context=etd-project

Tags

Teachers Attitudes

Probation officers Attitudes

Juvenile delinquency

Probation officers Attitudes

Teachers Attitudes.

Social Work

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3974
Date	01 January 2005
Creators	Ephriam, Raymond Deion, Castro, Antonio
Publisher	CSUSB ScholarWorks
Source Sets	California State University San Bernardino
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Theses Digitization Project