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Svensson, R. (2004). Shame as a Consequence of the Parent-Child Relationship: A Study of Gender Differences in Juvenile Delinquency. European Journal of Criminology, 1(4), 477-504.

1. Describe the theoretical focus of the Svensson article and the four elements of social bonding theory that serve to bond an individual to society.

2. What is the fundamental research hypothesis of the authors?

3. What has previous research shown with regards to parental relations and shame, or moral conscience?

4. What did the results from this study indicate about gender differences and parental bonding?

Petrosino, A., Turpin-Petrosino, C., & Buehler, J. (2003). Scared Straight and Other Juvenile Awareness Programs for Preventing Juvenile Delinquency: A Systematic Review of the Randomized Experimental Evidence. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 589(1), 41-62.

1. What is the underlying theory of the Scared Straight program?

2. What have researchers found with regard to the efficacy of the original New Jersey Scared Straight program and others of its kind?

3. What did results of this study indicate regarding the effects of Scared Straight programs?

Vaughn, M.G., Wallace, J.M., Davis, L.E., Fernandes, G.T., & Howard, M.O. (2008). Variations in Mental Health Problems, Substance Use, and Delinquency Between African American and Caucasian Juvenile Offenders: Implications for Reentry Services. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 52(3), 311-329.

1. What did the Disproportionate Minority Confinement project find regarding the incarceration of African American youth?

2. What has previous research shown regarding the detention of girls?

3. What did results indicate in the comparison between African American and Caucasian youth across dimensions of mental health, substance use, and delinquency?