David Brandt
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300108941
- eISBN:
- 9780300127775
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300108941.003.0002
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter provides an overview of what is understood about how children become delinquent. It focuses on the risk factors associated with juvenile delinquency. Some of the inherent biological ...
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This chapter provides an overview of what is understood about how children become delinquent. It focuses on the risk factors associated with juvenile delinquency. Some of the inherent biological factors include genetic makeup, neurological makeup, and gender. Environmental factors include parental neglect, broken families, poverty, and exposure to violence.Less
This chapter provides an overview of what is understood about how children become delinquent. It focuses on the risk factors associated with juvenile delinquency. Some of the inherent biological factors include genetic makeup, neurological makeup, and gender. Environmental factors include parental neglect, broken families, poverty, and exposure to violence.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846316999
- eISBN:
- 9781846317064
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846317064.017
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter examines family values in Liverpool during the Victorian period. It discusses the issue of infanticide and baby farming, which involved rearing infants in exchange for money, and ...
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This chapter examines family values in Liverpool during the Victorian period. It discusses the issue of infanticide and baby farming, which involved rearing infants in exchange for money, and highlights the prevalence of parental neglect and cruelty against children, incest, and child abuse. This chapter also explores the efforts of T. Frederick Agnew to help improve child protection with the founding of the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.Less
This chapter examines family values in Liverpool during the Victorian period. It discusses the issue of infanticide and baby farming, which involved rearing infants in exchange for money, and highlights the prevalence of parental neglect and cruelty against children, incest, and child abuse. This chapter also explores the efforts of T. Frederick Agnew to help improve child protection with the founding of the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
