TEMPORARY AND CONTINUING DELINQUENCY

• NCJ Number: 19371
• Journal: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, DELINQUENCY, AND DEVIANT SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1975) Pages: 43-50
• Author(s): B J Knight; D J West
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

INVESTIGATES FACTORS DISTINGUISHING MEN WHO GIVE UP DELINQUENCY UPON REACHING ADULTHOOD FROM THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE DELINQUENTS.

Abstract

CONSEQUENCES OF BEING CAUGHT WAS THE REASON GIVEN MOST OFTEN FOR GIVING UP DELINQUENCY. OTHERS FELT PRIOR FEELINGS UPON CONVICTION HAD TAUGHT THEM A LESSON.