NCJ Number
231507
Journal
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Dated: June 2010 Pages: 111-125
Date Published
June 2010
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This study examined the prevalence of delinquent behavior in six new European Union member states.
Abstract
This article presents the results of the study conducted in six new member states that joined the European Union in 2004 (This article is based on the report 'Juvenile delinquency in six new EU member states', 2008. Participant and co-authors where Jiri Burianek from the Charles University in Prague, Bojan Dekleva from the University of Ljubljana, Andreas Karpadis from the University of Cyprus, Beata Gruszczynska from the Warsaw University & Institute of Justice of Poland, Vidas Kalpokas from the Law Institute of Lithuania, Anna Markina from the University of Tartu and Majone Steketee and Marit Moll from the Verwey-Jonker Institute) (The study has been financially supported by the European Coomunity-Daphne-2 Programme to Combat Violence against Children, Young People and Women.). Five former eastern European countries; the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Cyprus, a southern European country and former British colony in the eastern Mediterranean. Often little is known about the prevalence of youth delinquency in these countries, let alone in a trans-national comparison. This study examined the variability in patterns of self-reported youth delinquency behavior and the relative ranking of the prevalence of different types of juvenile delinquency. Also tested was whether a number of sociological and criminological theories on prevalence and occurrence of youth delinquency are valid in these six countries. Figures, tables, and references (Published Abstract)