University of Southern Mississippi
School, Disability Status, and Delinquency: An Examination of Delinquency Among Rural Adolescents
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Extensive research has been devoted to identifying risk-factors that contribute to the onset of juvenile delinquency. Furthermore, evidence has suggested that a disproportionate number of adolescents with learning disabilities are confined in juvenile correctional facilities. Yet, there is a substantial gap in empirical research that explores the possible relationship between learning disabilities and delinquent behavior. The purpose of the current study is to assess how specific learning disabilities relate to various forms of delinquent behavior among adolescents from rural high schools in a southern state. Specifically, this study aims to assess how Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dysgraphia relate to drug use, property crime, violent crime, and victimization. Relevant policy implications and future research will be discussed. </p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Masters Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Criminal Justice
- Year dc:date.available
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Brooks, Miriam Yvonne
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Mary K. Evans
- Lisa S. Nored
- William W. Johnson
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/12
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1005