They compared lead levels in 194 youths aged 12 18 who were "adjudicated" delinquents (i.e. had been found guilty of criminal offences) and 146 non-delinquent control subjects from high schools in the same city.
This result suggests the possibility that cultural differences underpinned the finding that facial expressions depicting disgust were accurately recognized more frequently in response to Caucasian rather than Japanese models among both Japanese delinquent and control participants.
The Bush administration's new plan applies to delinquent loans controlled by the government-run mortgage companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
They found a large difference in lead concentrations between delinquents and controls in both black and white participants (11 vs 1.5 parts per million (ppm)).
It's not our goal to deny anyone access to water — however, we have to get our delinquent accounts under control because there's a number of customer that are able to pay.
The results revealed that the main effect of group was significant for the facial expressions depicting disgust, indicating less accurate recognition in delinquents than in control participants (F [1, 46] = 8.93, adjusted P < 0.05).
In the multivariate analysis (Table 4), the adverse events variable was positively and significantly associated with delinquent behavior after controlling for protective factors and socio-demographic variables for both males (model 1) and females (model 3).
This study aims to investigate the predictive validity of externalizing psychopathology for persistence in delinquent behavior when controlling for socio-demographic and first arrest characteristics in childhood first-time arrestees.
A single mother living hand to mouth, she can barely control her delinquent older son, Hank Jack DiFalcoo), who blames her for depriving him of a father; whenever they try to have a conversation, both parties end up seething with resentment.
When interviewed by police, Mr Allen described the children as being "delinquent and out of control".
In addition to criminal and delinquent acts, low self-control is manifested in tendencies to be "impulsive, insensitive, physical, risk-oriented, shortsighted, and nonverbal". Although Hirschi's theories were criticized for being, among other things, tautological, paternalistic, and definitionally flawed, they were widely popular among American criminologists.
