delinquent

Examples of delinquent in the following topics:

• Juvenile Crime

  • Juvenile delinquency is participation in illegal behaviors by minors.
  • A juvenile delinquent is typically under the age of 18.
  • Juvenile delinquency is participation in illegal behavior by minors.
  • Young men disproportionately commit juvenile delinquency.
  • Describe the factors that influence the development of delinquency in youth and the ways the legal system deals with this delinquency

• Social Control Theory

  • Toby argued that individuals engaged in non-delinquent community activities felt as thought they had too much to lose by joining delinquent groups and, hence, had a "stake in conformity."
  • Toby argued that individuals engaged in non-delinquent community activities felt as thought they had too much to lose by joining delinquent groups and, hence, had a "stake in conformity."
  • Ivan Nye's book Family Relationships and Delinquent Behavior.
  • Nye carried on the tradition of studying juvenile delinquency as a means of theorizing about deviance and social control.
  • Youth may be directly controlled through constraints imposed by parents, through limits on the opportunity for delinquency, or through parental rewards and punishments.

• Collection from Delinquent Payables

  • This occurs when a consumer becomes severely delinquent on a debt.
  • In the United States, Federal regulations require creditors to charge-off installment loans after 120 days of delinquency, while revolving credit accounts must be charged-off after 180 days.Figure 1

• Illegitimate Opportunity Structures: Social Class and Crime

  • Merton's social strain theory to directly address juvenile delinquency and social class.
  • In 1960, Cowan and Ohlin published Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs.
  • Cowan and Ohlin used juvenile delinquency as a case study to explore this theory of illegitimate opportunity structures.

• Differential Association Theory

  • A person becomes delinquent because of an excess of definitions favorable to violation of law over definitions unfavorable to violation of the law.
  • One very unique aspect of this theory is that it works to explain more than just juvenile delinquency and crime committed by lower class individuals.

• Control Theory

  • While control theory gives an adequate explanation of non-serious forms of youthful delinquency, it fails to explain adult criminal behavior and serious instances of youth crime.

• Striking Agreements to Avoid Bankruptcy

  • Debt restructuring is a process that allows a company or individual in financial distress to reduce and renegotiate its delinquent debts in order to improve or restore liquidity and continue its operations.

• Social Correlates of Religion

  • For instance, of 498 studies published in peer-reviewed journals, a large majority showed a positive correlation between religious commitment and higher levels of perceived well-being and self-esteem and lower levels of hypertension, depression and clinical delinquency.
  • An analysis of over 200 social studies contends that "high religiousness predicts a lower risk of depression and drug abuse and fewer suicide attempts, and more reports of satisfaction with sex life and a sense of well-being. " A review of 498 studies published in peer-reviewed journals concluded that a large majority of them showed a positive correlation between religious commitment and higher levels of perceived well-being and self-esteem and lower levels of hypertension, depression, and clinical delinquency.

• Youth Culture and Delinquency

• Managing Collections

  • It should use credit applications to weed out bad customers, and include a clause in the credit application that states all collection costs are reimbursed by the customer on delinquent accounts.