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Download full textThornberry, Terence P.; Smith, Carolyn A.; Rivera, Craig; Huizinga, David; Stouthamer-Loeber, Magda – 1999
At study sites in Rochester (New York), Denver (Colorado) and Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), three research teams studying the impact of family disruption on juvenile delinquency have interviewed approximately 4,000 participants at regular intervals for a decade, recording their lives in detail. Findings to date indicate that preventing delinquency…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Environment
Thornberry, Terence P.; Wei, Evelyn H.; Stouthamer-Loeber, Magda; Van Dyke, Joyce – 2000
This report highlights two studies that are part of the Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The Rochester Youth Development Study and the Pittsburgh Youth Study have tracked a sample of urban males through their teenage years. These studies…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons
Huizinga, David; Loeber, Rolf; Thornberry, Terence P. – 1995
In collaborative efforts three research teams have investigated the problems of urban delinquency and substance abuse in longitudinal studies that have gone on since 1986. The Denver Youth Study is a longitudinal survey that involves annual interviews with probability samples of five different birth cohorts and their parents from areas of Denver…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Drug Use
Thornberry, Terence P.; Burch, James H., II – Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 1997
Teams at several universities collaborated in studies of the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency program in three cities. This bulletin presents the findings from the Rochester (New York) Youth Development Study (RYDS) concerning the contributions of youth gang membership to delinquency. The RYDS started with a sample of 1,000 boys and girls in…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Intervention, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
