Age, Peers and Delinquency Relationship

Paper Summary:

This paper summarizes and analyzes Mears and Field's article, "A Closer Look at the Age, Peers, and Delinquency Relationship". It provides an overview of the authors' research and discusses how the research was conducted, the subjects used and the findings from the research. The paper then presents the writer's personal opinion regarding the relevance and pertinence of the data presented by the authors and describes which findings were the most interesting and why.

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Abstract
Introduction
Research Overview
Personal Opinion Regarding Research
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In the end, Mears and Field's (2002) research is a step forward in understanding not only the previously known separate relationships between delinquency and age and delinquency and peer associations, but also builds upon the interrelationship between age and peer associations and their effect on delinquent behavior. The research used pertinent and relevant data, via the NYS, to draw these conclusions regarding the positive interrelationship and was able to provide interesting insight into specifically the types of offenses that were most significantly affected by this interrelationship. The article furthers the understanding of delinquent behavior and its causes."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Mears, D. & Field, S. (2002). A closer look at the age, peers, and delinquency. Western Criminology Review, 4(1). Retrieved November 2, 2006, from http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v4n1/mears.html.

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