Juvenile Delinquency and Differential Association Theory - Advances in Applied Sociology

AASoci > Vol.11 No.8, August 2021

Advances in Applied Sociology

Volume 11, Issue 8 (August 2021)

ISSN Print: 2165-4328 ISSN Online: 2165-4336

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Juvenile Delinquency and Differential Association Theory ()

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DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2021.118031 1,270 Downloads 13,006 Views Citations

Author(s)

Munirah Abdullah Alduraywish

Affiliation(s)

Teaching Assistant at Social Department, Art Collage, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT

In this research paper, the researcher used a qualitative approach which is data collection in the juvenile delinquency topic, and differential association theory which is the most prominent form of social learning theory. The researcher hypothesized that there is a linkage between having deviant parents and becoming a criminal as well as having deviant friends and becoming a criminal. In this paper, the researcher found that the effect of deviant peer groups and deviant parent during adolescence is quite similar. Both peer groups and parents have an important position in the teenager’s life; the researcher also found that slum neighborhoods, fragile personality, and poverty play critical roles in delinquency.

KEYWORDS

Adolescent, Antisocial Behavior, Criminal Behavior, Deviant, Network of Affiliation, Parents, Peer Groups, Social Network

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Alduraywish, M. (2021) Juvenile Delinquency and Differential Association Theory. Advances in Applied Sociology, 11, 341-349. doi: 10.4236/aasoci.2021.118031.

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