Delinquent Recidivists - Vulnerable Children

• NCJ Number: 102210
• Journal: Journal of Youth and Adolescence Volume: 13 Issue: 5, 1984
• Author(s): R Moore; J D Pauker; T E Moore
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 7 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examines the relationship between vulnerability factors and recidivism by testing the hypothesis that first offenders who repeat delinquencies display more high-risk factors than those who do not repeat delinquencies.

Abstract

Four factors are identified which distinguish recidivists from nonrecidivists in a sample of first offenders matched by age and sex. Results are discussed from an epidemiological and early-intervention perspective. (Author abstract)