Running Head: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Whereas Reitsman-Smith (2001) suggests that adjudicated female delinquency is the consequence of excessive social restraints, Thornberry suggests that the fundamental cause of delinquency lies in the weakening of social restraints (as per strain theory and social control theory), but that this attenuation of controls does not lead directly to ... ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.