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ERIC Number: EJ494817
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
Juvenile Delinquency, Education, and Mental Disability.
Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; And Others
Exceptional Children, v61 n3 p230-41 Dec-Jan 1995
This study of 6,007 males born in northern Finland in 1966 found that 6% acquired a criminal record between 15 and 22 years. A higher than average delinquency rate was found among those with lower socioeconomic status, especially when combined with low intelligence. Family social problems had a greater predisposing effect for delinquent behavior than did mental disability. (JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criminals, Delinquency, Family Problems, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Intelligence, Males, Mental Retardation, Predictor Variables, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Finland (Northern)