Andrea Muuml;ller-Fabian Author

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Juvenile Delinquent’s Decision Making Capacity in Risk Situations: A Multifactorial Approach

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Andrea Müller-Fabian, Cristian Delcea

Most research approaches the genesis of risk prone behaviour in juvenile delinquents from a single point of view, psychological or sociological. In our research, we have attempted to eliminate this unilateralism. To this end, we have tested an integrative model composed of the psychological and sociological factors of juvenile delinquency. The empirical research was performed on a sample of 420 randomly selected juvenile delinquents and a control group of 420 individuals selected by stratified random sampling. The research methodology consisted of analysing documents (family situation, age, etc.) and applying psychological tests (Nowicki & Strickland's Internal-External Control Scale for Children, McGuire & Priestley's Testing Your Reaction, Zuckerma... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2471-4372.1000141

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