Mutability and delinquency: The Relative Effects of Structural, Associational, and Attitudinal Variables on Juvenile Delinquency

Joseph Hraba, Martin G. Miller, Vincent J. Webb

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Abstract

From its onset the sociological study of delinquency has had the double mandate of public service and the advancement of science. A formulation is offered for carrying this double mandate forward. Latent in theories of delinquency is the practical insight that delinquency causes are unequally mutable to practitioners' efforts. By making the issue of mutability manifest in research, it is argued, findings from research would have more practical import. Data are analyzed so as to illustrate this argument.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)408-420
Number of pages13
JournalCriminal Justice and Behavior
Volume2
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1975
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • General Psychology
  • Law

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