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The Impact of Family Structure on Juvenile Delinquency: (A Case Study of Male Inmates at a Juvenile Detention Center and Male High School Students in Shiraz)

, and . Weekly Science Research Journal, (February 2014)

Abstract

The effect of family and its structure on delinquency, in particular juvenile delinquency, has been the object of a wealth of notable research, all of which suggest that family is by far the most important factor in individuals' law abiding behavior and delinquency in a society. Surveying two samples i.e. juvenile delinquents and well-behaved minors in Shiraz, the present study examined this very issue and yielded results supporting, to a great extent, those obtained by previous research. In this study, 19 independent variables as the family structure variables influencing youth crime were tested using a questionnaire

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