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39 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 830 Educational, Social, and Political Issues papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • i. There should be more concerted efforts by government schools and religious bodies in tackling the problem of juvenile misbehaviours. Juvenile delinquency prevention is an integral part of crime prevention in any society. Parents should try as much as possible to settle their differences and avoid divorce in order to save their children from the psychological trauma associated with broken homes. ii. iii. Parents should know the importance of open communication and cooperation between them and their children. Regular interactions between parents and their children would limit anti-social, behaviour.

    CALABAR SOUTH LOCAL COUNCIL DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN NIGERIA · 2026 · DOI

  • Although a few studies have examined how delinquent peers condition the gender-delinquency relationship, the authors extend this body of literature by using longitudinal data from a sample of adolescents to explore the extent to which internal and external constraints condition the relationship between gender, delinquent peers, and delinquent behavior.

    The Influence of Delinquen Peers on Delinquency · 2005 · DOI

  • I have made the title of this lecture, Preliminary Study of Junevile Delinquency in Western Nigeria since my study has been limited to a small town in Western Nigeria about which I shall be taling later; and also if I have time to talk about it, I have made a comparative study of the pattern of Juvenile Delinquency in two contrasting towns—contrasting from the point of view of development, cosmopolitan nature of the places, industrialization, etc.

    Preliminary Study of Juvenile Deliquency in Western Nigeria · 1963 · DOI

  • Future research should address these issues using longitudinal, multi-informant, and institutionally diverse designs. These implications should remain limited to assessment formulation and hypothesis generation.

    Youth psychopathic traits and delinquent behavior among adolescents in Saudi social observation centers: the indirect role of moral disengagement and the moderating role of cognitive empathy · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap in the literature this study sought to fill was whether a reduction in parental support or an increase in peer deviance during early adolescence explains the left or ascending side of the age-crime curve.

    Does Decreased Parental Support/Bonding or Increased Peer Deviance Lead to a Rise in Delinquency in Early Adolescence? Investigating the Left Side of the Age-Crime Curve · 2024 · DOI

  • However, the ability of social bond theory to explain youth involvement in delinquency in non-Western cultures, especially conservative and authoritarian cultures such as the Arab one, has not been widely examined.

    Arab Youth Involvement in Delinquent Behaviors: Exploring Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory from a Qualitative Perspective · 2023 · DOI

  • This has been underexplored in Nigeria over the years given that available studies have not utilized designs that could give comprehensive understanding of pathways through which moral views of adolescents on examination malpractice could be predicted.

    Understanding adolescents’ moral stance on examination malpractice through the lenses of parenting styles, test anxiety, and their academic self-efficacy · 2020 · DOI

  • Although longitudinal studies of developmental trajectories of juvenile offending have been ongoing for over two decades, longitudinal studies on desistance trajectories are lacking.

    The Pathways to Desistance: A Longitudinal Study of Juvenile Delinquency · 2019 · DOI

  • CONCLUSIONS: These results are inconsistent with projection bias as a complete explanation for the peer influence effect and suggest that perceived peer delinquency has a demonstrable and meaningful effect on future offending in adolescents.

    Peer influence or projection bias? Predicting respondent delinquency with perceptual measures of peer delinquency in 22 samples · 2018 · DOI

  • The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining the influence of changes in family structure during adolescence on delinquent involvement both cross sectionally and longitudinally.

    The Influence of Family Structure on Delinquent Behavior · 2017 · DOI

  • The present study aimed to address these existing gaps in the literature by conducting a genetically informed analysis of sibling pairs from a nationally representative sample of U.

    The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Delinquency Across Urban and Rural Contexts · 2017 · DOI

  • Although numerous studies have confirmed the relationship between social bonds to pro-social others and delinquency in Western countries, research focusing on the same relationship in non-Western countries is scarce.

    The Relative Influence of Parental Attachment, Peer Attachment, School Attachment, and School Alienation on Delinquency among High School Students in Turkey · 2016 · DOI

  • Race/ethnicity moderated observed family–community relationships in several studies, but insufficient evidence of race/ethnicity as a moderator was indicated overall.

    Relationships Between Family and Community Factors on Delinquency and Violence among African American Adolescents · 2015 · DOI

  • Research on juvenile delinquency has focused almost exclusively on western societies with the consequence that very little is known about delinquency and its associated factors outside this context.

    Correlates and predictors of juvenile delinquency in Ghana · 2013 · DOI

  • " Although a strong body of research exists on the risks for delinquency, few studies have attempted to understand the variables within schools that exacerbate or counteract these risks.

    Breaking the School to Prison Pipeline: Identifying School Risk and Protective Factors for Youth Delinquency · 2005 · DOI

  • The results support some aspects of Moffitt’s hypotheses concerning the importance of peer networks, but provide mixed evidence regarding the personal characteristics associated with delinquency abstention and involvement in deviant peer networks.

    Testing Moffitt’s Account of Delinquency Abstention · 2004 · DOI

  • Unlike most other European countries, no self-report research in France has been published, so aside from available data or ethnographic and interview studies, little is known about the delinquent behavior of French youth and practically nothing about young people in the French countryside.

    Gender, Peers, and Delinquency · 2003 · DOI

  • Despite the fact that adolescent work is becoming an increasingly important part of adolescent life, relatively few studies have attempted to examine the potential effect of labor market participation on delinquent behavior.

    Youth Employment, Differential Association, and Juvenile Delinquency · 2001 · DOI

  • In spite of its pivotal theoretical role, few studies have actually examined delinquents' friendships and the ways in which they differ from those of more conforming adolescents.

    Friendships and Delinquency · 1986 · DOI

  • Further work on the relationship of religious factors to deviant behavior is discouraged unless more refined measures of religious orientation and of the quality of religious commitment and participation are secured.

    The ''Religious Factor" and Delinquent Behavior · 1970 · DOI

  • This paper does not account for the possibility of reducing delinquency locally by expenditures on welfare, parks and recreation, police, and education, for example.

    Economic Causes of Juvenile Delinquency · 1968 · DOI

  • Second, whether delinquent groups are internally cohesive, bound by ties of loyalty, permanence, and stability or whether they are held together more by external pressures is an open question.

    Delinquency Theory and Recent Research · 1967 · DOI

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