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Self‐Reported Delinquency and Alienation: A Study of Juvenile Crime
Author(s) -
Nigem Elias T,
LaGrange Randy,
King James A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.1981.tb01244.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , alienation , anomie , psychology , metropolitan area , association (psychology) , criminology , developmental psychology , social psychology , political science , geography , law , psychotherapist , archaeology
Based on a probability sample of 7542 from the seventh, ninth, 11th grade students of the Toledo metropolitan area, this study, using self‐reported delinquency, investigated the relationship between alienation and deviant behavior. A positive association between alienation (normlessness and societal estrangement) and self‐reported delinquency were observed. The degree of association and the direction still maintained when controlled for the age and sex of the students.