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Juvenile Delinquency and the Family: A Contextual Interpretation
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Johnstone, John W. C. – Youth & Society, 1978
The results of this study suggest that the impact of the family on delinquency varies directly with the quality of the environment. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Community Role, Delinquency, Environmental Influences
Social Change and Parent-Youth Conflict: The Problem of Generations in English and French Canada
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Johnstone, John W. C. – Youth and Society, 1975
Notes that the higher level of filial discord found among French-speaking Quebec families in 1965 is a direct response to changes in the church and in the educational system. (AM)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Conflict, Educational Change, Generation Gap
Recruitment to a Youth Gang.
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Johnstone, John W. C. – Youth and Society, 1983
Among Black adolescents in Chicago, Illinois, gang recruiting was more prevalent in depressed communities and was targeted primarily at veteran delinquents. Gang members exhibited higher interpersonal self-confidence but lower societal self-confidence than gang recruits, and members appeared to be less attached to school and have less parental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Delinquency, Group Membership