Throughout the study, boys in the experimental group spent significantly less time in institutional settings than did boys in the control group. An example of an item is the following: “If a friend tries to convince me to do something I do not really want, then I refuse it.” Higher scores indicated more resistance to social pressure. self-esteem. Higher scores indicated more aggression. (0 = no, not at all, 1 = yes, but more indirect, 2 = yes, very direct); Did you motivate the youths to participate in prosocial activities? Information about age, sex, ethnicity (Dutch or non-Dutch background), and the type of education (special education or lowest levels of regular education) was gathered in the self-report questionnaires. The Long-Term Effects of the Youth Crime Prevention Program "New Perspectives" on Delinquency and Recidivism. One feminist theory variable and one life-course variable exhibit stronger effects in the models for females. Responses are given on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from completely untrue to completely true. 7, pp. Juveniles reported on their aggressive behaviors using the Overt aggression scale of the Dutch Adaptation of the Buss–Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI-D; Lange, Hoogendorn, Wiederspahn, & de Beurs, 2005). Protective factors for youth considered at risk of criminal behaviour: does participation in extracurricular activities help? The definition of juvenile delinquency in this article is behavior that is prohibited by Dutch criminal law. To date, there is a growing interest of scholars in determining whether sports-based interventions can be effective in preventing delinquent behaviors in youth. major institutions (including the state, systems o, injustice that lead them to engage in hostile counterculture acts, Khan, M.M., (1997). , Fisher, B.S. Find out about Lean Library here, If you have access to journal via a society or associations, read the instructions below. work has done in Pakistan with respect to psychological problems faced by university students and its impact on their selfesteem. negatively associated and significant at 0.01alpha level. Login failed. Pruitt, and S.W. With a 5-point Likert-type scale (ranging from does not apply to me at all to totally applies to me), the juveniles answered to what extent a statement applied to them, such as “I accept that there are people who have something to say about me.” The teacher scale ranged from does not apply to X to totally applies to X. The Quest for effective juvenile just, Institute for the prevention of crime and t, Juvenile Delinquency, World YOUTH Report, 2003 Retrieve, http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/document, United Nations, Centre for Social Development and, Abrar, N., Bloach, A.G., and Ghouri, A. M., (2010). Furthermore, it is assumed that sports participation strengthens social bonds to society (Agnew & Petersen, 1989), which in turn reduces the chances of developing delinquent behaviors (Hirschi, 1969). Arnold P. J. All rights reserved. The Quality of Relationship Inventory, Rosenberg self-esteem scale were used to measure quality of father-daughter relationship and self esteem. Members of _ can log in with their society credentials below, Leah E. Daigle, Francis T. Cullen, and John Paul Wright. (1989) Delinquency in Adolescence, adjustment issues can minimize delinquenc, Moore, R.H. 1987. Sign in here to access free tools such as favourites and alerts, or to access personal subscriptions, If you have access to journal content via a university, library or employer, sign in here, Research off-campus without worrying about access issues. The full model accounted for 7.8% of the variance. Participants (N = 155) and their teachers filled in questionnaires about risk and protective factors for delinquency at the start of the intervention and 13 months later. The following outcomes were assessed: conduct problems, aggression, acceptance of authority, friends’ participation in delinquent behaviors, perceived peer pressure, resistance to social pressure, prosocial behavior, and academic engagement. Type of studies included in this paper are quantitative, qualitative, case study, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Participants of this study were 155 adolescents (91.6 % male; between 12 and 18 years of age) who participated in AJB, their teachers, and their sports coaches. What can be learned from research focussing on sports interventions for the treatment of youth with mild intellectual disabilities and conduct problems? Teachers and juveniles reported on the juvenile’s ability to accept authority using a subscale of the Tasks and Skills of Adolescents questionnaire (TVA; Van der Knaap, Beenker, & Bijl, 2004). European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Marlowe, J.B. Reid, G.R. Community psychology goes beyond an individual focus and integrates social, cultural, economic, political, environmental, and international influences to promote positive change, health, and empowe, : A number of studies evidenced the psychological problems being faced by university students. (1989) Delinquency in Adolescence. Fulfillment of basic needs, education, appropriate, country has to suffer as it has a negative effect on econo, countries of the world is „children who act against the, sectarian hatred to young people below eighteen years of age. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. NLM (, Cleveland, H.H. Although this has not yet been described in scientific literature, observations from the media and analyses of the rules and history of the two sports would suggest relevant differences between basketball and soccer. The main factor which affects the adolescents to commit crime is the companion or friend’s stimulus with low education and income of family in age of 11-14. , Lansing, A.E. PDF | On Aug 7, 2018, Saima Masoom Ali and others published Predictors, Prevention and Intervention for Juvenile Delinquency | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate Agnew R., Petersen D. M. (1989). This term is broad in range and can include everything from minor violations like skipping school to more severe crimes such as burglary and violent actions. The participants were approached in a positive, respectful way and were motivated to participate in prosocial activities at the club. In the simple regression models, youth (sex and type of education), coach (educational attainment, making rules about behavior, motivation behavior, and individual guidance), and context factors (sociomoral climate at the club and type of sports) predicted the level of intervention success. To purchase short term access, please sign in to your Oxford Academic account above. Internal consistency alpha coefficients of the self-report scale were .83 and .84, and of the teacher scale being .89 and .90. At the heart of the gender-specificity debate is the argument that gender-neutral theories cannot adequately explain female delinquency. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. These early decrements in offense rates persisted during followup for both groups. After documenting significant differences in role-taking between the delinquent Ss and a group of 45 nondelinquents, the delinquent Ss were assigned to 1 of 3 treatment conditions: an experimental program which employed drama and the making of video films as a vehicle for providing remedial training in role taking, a placebo condition, and a nontreatment control condition. In all types of psychological or criminological research, there is a chance of bias when using questionnaires to evaluate one’s own behavior or another one’s behavior (see Podsakoff, MacKenzie, & Podsakoff, 2012). Allan V., Côté J. Most users should sign in with their email address. Over and above experimental effectiveness research, it is important to examine for whom, how, and under which conditions sports-based crime prevention programs are effective (Coatsworth & Conroy, 2007). In addition, at T2, the AJB-coaches and participants filled in questionnaires about the different predictors of change in risk and protective factors for delinquency. Results indicated family, peers, neighborhood, economic factors and personal factors are the reasons of development of delinquent behavior of adolescents. Peshawar Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (PJPBS), extra-local neighborhood) plays in development of delinquent behavior in adolescents, what role do peers play in development of delinquent behavior in adolescents and what role do economic factors and personalfactors play in development of adolescents’ delinquent behavior. Processes of rapid social change were incorporated as data on changes in GNP in the years proceeding the surveys. To date, there is little empirical research that provides insights into for whom, how, and when sports-based crime prevention programs are most effective. , Jones, J. , et al. 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