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Petronio, Richard J. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1982
Tested the degree of association between probation officers' sent and received roles and role behavior in four juvenile courts. Found the role communicated to probation officers by their superiors was predictive of the role the probation officers perceived but not of the role as enacted with juveniles. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts, Organizational Climate
Chase, Mary M. – 1976
This study examined the usefulness of certain sociodemographic and psychological measures for explaining and predicting postrelease recidivism among youths treated in the New York State Division for Youth rehabilitation programs during 1971-1972. Changes in hostile behaviors were related most to program structure, but passive and work-related…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency Prevention, Environmental Influences
Shannon, Lyle W. – 1982
Much of the concern with juvenile delinquency has been based on the premise that delinquent behavior leads to adult crime. Police and court records of three cohorts comprised of 6,127 persons were analyzed. The most prevalent pattern of delinquent behavior was one of declining seriousness and discontinuation after the teenage period. With few…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Cohort Analysis