Child Delinquency

Child Delinquency is a criminological construct denoting the engagement of individuals below the legal age of adulthood in behaviors that violate laws, statutes, or societal norms specifically applicable to minors, distinguished from adult criminality by its focus on developmental immaturity, welfare-oriented intervention, and jurisdictional handling within juvenile justice systems.

735

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54.6K

Citations

1.5K

Authors

520

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2017–2026

75

Authors

1.5K

  1. RL
    Rolf Loeber

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    36 publications · 7.2K citations

    29

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  2. DP
    David P. Farrington

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 4.2K citations

    14

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  3. RE
    Richard E. Tremblay

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    15 publications · 3.7K citations

    14

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  4. TE
    Terrie E. Moffitt

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 5K citations

    11

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  5. MS
    Magda Stouthamer‐Loeber

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

    10

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  1. Criminology

    17 publications · 3.2K citations

    17

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  2. Children and Youth Services Review

    20 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

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  3. The British Journal of Criminology

    24 publications · 658 citations

    16

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  4. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 19 publications · 1.5K citations

    15

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  5. Journal of Youth and Adolescence

    15 publications · 1.5K citations

    15

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