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Zweig, April; Ducey, Michael H. – 1978
One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter reviews the various approaches used in the study of school vandalism and attempts to define what is needed now. The main contribution of early research on vandalism is to point out an intellectual dead end. Conventional demographic approaches to the problem, by…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education
Ducey, Michael H. – 1978
One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter proposes that many forms of youthful misbehavior (particularly vandalism in high schools) are rooted in the normal dynamics of culture among youth. Typologies are used for understanding the social organization of the peer group world and the issue of high school…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cultural Influences, Delinquent Behavior, Educational Environment