NCJ Number
132017
Journal
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 14 Issue: 1-2 Dated: (Spring-Winter 1990) Pages: 49-64
Date Published
1990
Length
16 pages
Annotation
A group-interview-questionnaire was administered to 483 male high school students enrolled in four high schools located in the four Governates of Kuwait. The data gathered from this self-reported juvenile delinquency survey were used to measure the relationships between delinquency and selected variables that have been associated with juvenile delinquency in the United States.
Abstract
The study focuses on three delinquent offenses: auto offenses, vandalism, and kissing and/or touching a female. The respondents were classified as mild, moderate, and serious offenders based on the frequency and type of delinquency, usual number of accomplices, friends' degree of delinquency, and stated reasons for committing the offense. Serious offenders differed from mild and moderate offenders in that they were characterized by lower family income, lower-class rental housing located in worse neighborhoods, a more negative paternal relationship, and frequent parental physical punishment. This Kuwaiti sample appears to be quite similar to those studied in the United States. 1 table and 46 references (Author abstract modified)