TY - JOUR PY - 1988// TI - Correlates of delinquency participation and persistence JO - Criminal justice and behavior A1 - Tolan, Patrick A1 - Thomas, Peter SP - 306 EP - 322 VL - 15 IS - 3 N2 - As part of an ongoing larger interest in developing valid predictive models for guiding delinquency prevention, 84 adolescents were sampled for family systemic style, experience of social stress, and age of delinquency onset. The ability of these variables to explain and predict level, types, and persistence of delinquent behavior was studied. Regression analyses indicate relatively stable predictors (daily hassles and age of onset) across measures of delinquency. However, discriminant analyses indicated more varied predictors depending on the aspect of delinquent involvement of interest. These results support a multivariate approach to prediction and also suggest that finer gradations of risk for involvement are viable. Keywords: Juvenile justice

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