Affiliation:
1. University of Melbourne
2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
Abstract
THE AIM of this study was to carry out a retrospective evaluation of data on admissions to a youth training centre in Victoria, Australia, to determine the relationship between birth order and risk of delinquency. The findings confirmed the results of other studies (e.g. Biles, 1971) that middle children were at greatest risk. Other factors associated with ‘risk’ were large family size and educational retardation.
Subject
Pathology and Forensic Medicine,Law,Social Psychology
Cited by
3 articles.
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1. Family Size and Birth Order of Young Offenders;International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology;1981-01
2. Sibship-Constellation Effects on Psychosocial Development, Creativity, and Health;Advances in Child Development and Behavior Volume 14;1979
3. An Australian Residential Youth Training Centre: Population Study;Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology;1976-03