A test of Hirschi's social bonding theory - Juvenile delinquency in the high schools of Ankara, Turkey

2006-12-01
Ozbay, Ozden
Ozcan, Yusuf Ziya
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Travis Hirschi's social bonding theory has mostly been tested in the West. In this study, the theory is tested on juvenile delinquency in a developing country, Turkey. Data were gathered from 1,710 high school students in Ankara by using two-stage stratified cluster sampling. Factor analysis was employed to determine the dimensions of juvenile delinquency (assault, school delinquency, and public disturbance), and regression analysis was used to test the theory. Similar to some other traditional societies, the social bonding theory plays an important role in the explanation of juvenile delinquency in Turkey.
Applied Psychology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65019
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY
Department of Sociology, Article

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O. Ozbay and Y. Z. Ozcan, “A test of Hirschi’s social bonding theory - Juvenile delinquency in the high schools of Ankara, Turkey,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY, pp. 711–726, 2006, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65019.
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