AbstractsSocial Work

Parent-Child Relationships of 23 Delinquent, Adolescent Girls.

by Roberta M. Bruce




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Social Work.
Degree: Master of Social Work.
Year: 1953
Keywords: Social Work.;
Record ID: 1545710
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile109263.pdf


Abstract

Delinquency among adolescents has become one of the major problems of our society. Much has been written about this problem and many studies by sociologists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, have been made to find the causes. Over the decades many theories as to the cause or causes of delinquency have been postulated by various writers. These theories have varied from that of heredity to those of environmental or social factors. [...]