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Predictability of Delinquency through Psychosocial and Environmental Variables across Three Generational Status Groups
... 102). Rather than transform the juvenile delinquency variable for it to meet the assumption of normality, it was decided to use the nonparametric bootstrapping method to recalculate the standard errors of the regression equation, as recommended by researchers (Sabia 2016). ...
The empirical evidence on the process-based model of self-regulation shows that procedural justice evaluations and the perceived legitimacy of authorities impact law-abiding behavior. However, few studies analyze this theory from the perspective of adolescent legal socialization. The present study aims to examine the process-based model and other socializing agents such as family, school and peers that may have an effect on it. The sample comprised 2041 youths residing in Spain, aged between 13 and 18 years. The data form part of the Third International Self-Reported Delinquency Study (ISRD-3). Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to predict police legitimacy and juvenile delinquency. The results reveal that police legitimacy perceptions are not only influenced by procedural justice, but also by parental monitoring, school attachment and delinquent peers. Moreover, perceptions of police legitimacy, parental monitoring and delinquent peers predict juvenile delinquency. These findings complement and add new explanatory factors to the process-based model.
Owing to its peculiar indigenous socio-cultural, economic, and legal conditions, juvenile delinquency in Pakistan is bound to have a unique complex facet. Our study aimed to explore the psychosocial factors that contributed to the development of delinquency in juveniles. Through the non-probability purposive sampling technique, a sample of (N= 40) late adolescent juvenile boys with an age range of (16-18) years, (M = 17, SD = .78) were recruited from the District Camp Jail of Lahore city. By applying a Sociodemographic Information Sheet, a Self-constructed Survey Questionnaire on Psychosocial Causes of Delinquency, the Parenting Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991), and Urdu translated Psychopathic Deviation Scale (Mirza, 1977), the data were collected and further analyzed through SPSS. Results showed the significance of sociodemographic characteristics including education, family dynamics, peer relations, substance abuse, parental education, and family income. Moreover, the majority of the participants reported the authoritarian parenting style for both parents while their psychopathic deviation scores were also found to be above the cutoff score. These findings have eclectic and interdisciplinary implications that are not limited to intra-psychology fields of forensic, clinical, and counseling settings, with a focus on adolescent development and behavior, but can add value addition to the research scholarship to quite a few fields of social sciences, primarily sociology, social work and development studies. Moreover, these findings will further provide awareness and insight to law enforcement agencies, legislatures, and public or private sector-based policymakers regarding the issues of delinquency.
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