Parental monitoring is a construct of longstanding interest in multiple fields—but what is it?
This paper makes two contributions to the ongoing debate. First, we review how the …

Affiliation with deviant peers is a correlate of adolescent alcohol use; however, the
mechanism accounting for this association remains unclear, particularly with respect to …

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to juvenile delinquency by defining and
describing juvenile delinquency, examining explanations for delinquent behavior, and …

Research from multiple disciplines has reported that exposure to childhood traumatic
events, often referred to as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), increases an individual's …

This study reviews several empirical researches which highlight the effect of post-divorce
parental conflict as one of the most important factors on adolescents' delinquency in …

In Agnew's general strain theory, repeated strains can generate crime and delinquency by
reducing social control and fostering social learning of crime. Using a sample of 615 middle …

Child protection-involved youth face increased risk of criminal justice system contact. Such
“crossover children” experience earlier police involvement and more serious criminal justice …

Adolescents may engage in risk behaviors that jeopardize their futures. Although adolescent
risk-taking has long been attributed to faulty decision making, surprisingly little research has …

In our attempts to understand crime, researchers typically focus on proximate factors such as
the psychology of offenders, their developmental history, and the social structure in which …

Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely
to commit a crime? Criminologists have found that individuals who are marginalized from the …