One area researchers have identified as correlated with delinquency is that of social problems; rates of delinquency increase as the level of social problems increases. Delinquency rates, according to researchers, have been correlated with which of the following?

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Jazlene Bailey

22 July, 04:48

One area researchers have identified as correlated with delinquency is that of social problems; rates of delinquency increase as the level of social problems increases. Delinquency rates, according to researchers, have been correlated with which of the following?

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Olivia Boone · Answer 1

Unwed mothers

Explanation:

According to the book Juvenile Delinquency by Larry Siegel and Brandon Welsh, one of the trends that has to deal with the rates of delinquency as a social malaise is the fact that the families' composition is changing drastically nowadays. The number of single mothers in society is higher every time, finding a direct correlation between the increasing number of unwed mothers with the rates of delinquency.