 Pathways to crime and risk factors among Arab female adolescents in IsraelMally Shechory-Bitton and Donya Kamel Children and Youth Services Review, 2014, vol. 44, issue C, 363-369 Abstract: The study was conducted with 120 Israeli Arab teenage girls divided into two groups: at-risk girls and normative girls. Our aim was to examine the differences between the groups by sociodemographic variables and by their levels of traditionalism, self control, and aggression. Overall, the findings indicate a clear distinction between the groups. The at-risk group was found to fit the pathway to crime (according to the Pathways to Crime model). The findings indicate similarities between western and traditional societies. Nevertheless, the findings indicate the need for an in-depth study to strengthen the current results. It is necessary to examine variables that may be unique to a traditional religious society, and which are not usually taken into account in studies conducted in modern western societies. This applies mainly to the religiosity variable and to the meaning of the concept of traditionalism in different sociocultural contexts. Keywords: Arab female adolescents; Risk factors; Traditionalism; Self control; Aggression (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:44:y:2014:i:c:p:363-369 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.04.004 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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