2002
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Criminologie ; vol. 35 no. 1 (2002)
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Nadine Lanctôt et al., « Le début de l'adolescence : une période propice à l’éclosion des différentes configurations de la conduite déviante et délinquante des adolescentes », Criminologie, ID : 10.7202/027514ar
The aim of this article is to describe the process by which adolescent females' deviant and delinquent activities develop. Data have been collected from 123 girls who have received an order from the juvenile court of Montreal between 1992 an 1993. Outcomes show that deviant and delinquent activities of adolescent girls occur in a more ordered and hierarchic sequence, from the childhood to the beginning of the adulthood, than in a random development of fashion. Moreover, analysis suggests that the beginning of adolescence, between 12 and 14 years old, appears to be a critical period when many forms of deviant activities are more likely to occur.