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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Family Characteristics of Delinquent Youth in Time of War

Efrat Shoham

Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University, 52-900 Ramat Gan, Israel

The Arab-Israeli conflict, with its periodical outbreaks of war, has been studied from various points of view. Juvenile delinquency in wartime has not been adequately examined. Descriptive research around the world indicate a significant rise in juvenile delinquency during wartime. This finding does not explain the dynamics of the phenomenon. Our hypothesis is that this phenomenon is associated with family variables. Our findings support the assumption that in wartime, parents of juvenile delinquents are characterized by high inflexibility, little contact with their social environment, and lack of emotional support, direction, and participation in the distress of their children. Our findings appear to support systems theory, which attaches importance to family boundaries and internal organization for coping with internal and external crisis.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 38, No. 3, 247-258 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9403800307
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