Youth & Delinquency: An Anthropological View of Street Gangs, Early Intervention & Policy Implications

Authors

• Kristin Babik

Abstract

This Note discusses and explores certain criminological theories and studies of how and why individuals engage in criminal and deviant acts especially at a young age. The results of these studies have important implications for early educational and institutional public policy interventions to prevent youth from engaging in criminal acts.

Recommended Citation

Kristin Babik, Youth & Delinquency: An Anthropological View of Street Gangs, Early Intervention & Policy Implications, 29 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 237 (2019).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/jlpp/vol29/iss2/14