Een cross-nationale studie naar de houding van jongeren ten opzichte van sociale grenzen

Abstract

For an early detection of youngsters with an increased risk of juvenile delinquency efforts are being directed to developing an instrument measuring the attitude of youngsters towards social limits. For this purpose a cross-national study on attitude of normal youngsters has been conducted in eight different countries. The differences between nationalities proved to be moderate. In addition, cross-national research was also conducted on the attitude of juvenile offenders. In spite of the effects of the different nationalities it was possible to differentiate between normal youths and juvenile offenders on a cross-national level. These results will stimulate further development of the instrument that is needed for individual diagnostics.