| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 208 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Advancing responsible adolescent development |
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Advancing responsible adolescent development.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-198) and index. |
| Contents |
At-risk youth : identifying, charting, and explaining the course of early involvement with crime -- Reputation-enhancing goals : the theory of deliberate choice -- Measuring delinquency, goals, and reputational orientations in young persons -- Children at risk : initiating goals and reputations -- Adolescents at risk : establishing goals and reputations -- Establishing and maintaining reputations through risk-taking behavior -- Early-onset life-course persistent and late-onset adolescent-limited offenders : impulsivity, peers, and social reputations -- Psychopathy in children and adolescents and the fledgling psychopath hypothesis -- Treatment and interventions for young persons at risk -- Developmental trajectories of deviancy : looking back, moving forward. |
| Summary |
The news of teenagers committing violent crimes continues to shock. This title examines the motivation and values that make some young people choose antisocial over positive behavior. It describes the volatile dynamic of child and adolescent social worlds, emphasizing reputation enhancement and goal-setting as bases underlying deviant behavior. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Juvenile delinquency -- Psychological aspects.
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Juvenile delinquency -- Social aspects.
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Juvenile delinquents -- Psychology.
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Juvenile Delinquency -- psychology.
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Adolescent Behavior -- psychology.
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Adolescent Development.
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Psychology, Adolescent.
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Peer Group.
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Risk-Taking.
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Social sciences.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
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Juvenile delinquency -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00985345
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Juvenile delinquency -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00985353
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Juvenile delinquents -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00985406
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Jugend.
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Geltungsbedürfnis.
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Risikoverhalten.
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Jugendkriminalität.
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Entwicklungspsychologie.
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| Added Author |
Carroll, Annemaree.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adolescent reputations and risk. New York : Springer, ©2009 9780387799872 9780387799889 (DLC) 2008938906 (OCoLC)244765606 |
| ISBN |
9780387799889 (electronic bk.) |
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0387799885 (electronic bk.) |
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