Educational, familial, social, and criminal profiles of male juvenile offenders

Unfortunately, the number of juvenile delinquents arrested for crimes has increased steadily since. [...]there has been a marked increase in the prevalence and severity of criminal activity in the past decade. The median income reported from drug sales was $975 per week. [...]this finding is almost identical to Huff (1995, 1996), who found that (1) gang members reported, on average, earnings of $ 1,000 by selling drugs. [...]89% of the children had at least one friend who sold drugs, suggesting that peer pressure plays an important role in juvenile delinquency. [...]report of the Cambridge study in delinquent development.