Citation

Tam KYB, Heng MA, Bullock LM. Prev. Sch. Fail. 2007; 51(2): 13-17.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3200/PSFL.51.2.13-17

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In this article, the authors address correctional education and juvenile delinquency. The authors examined the case files of 54 juvenile offenders incarcerated in the Kaki Bukit Center Prison School in Singapore to analyze the antecedents that provoked these young offenders to commit the offenses. The juveniles reported that peer influence and peer pressure, provocation and anger, boredom and thrill, alcohol and drugs, and money were the principal reasons they committed the offenses.