مجلة الرسالة للدراسات والبحوث الإنسانية
Volume 10, Numéro 4, Pages 873-880
2025-12-01

The Role Of The Criminal Composition Of The Neighborhood In Juvenile Delinquency – A Case Study In Neighborhood Of Sibous, Annaba

Authors : Sid Hassane . Khroufa Said .

Abstract

This study aims to examine the community of the neighborhood as a social concept and its role in producing delinquent behavior, showing how it affects juvenile delinquency. It explores the impact of the lack of ethics, social values, and standards within the neighborhood, its relation to juvenile delinquency, and the role of negative peer groups in fostering delinquent behavior among juveniles through a field study conducted in the "Sibous" neighborhood in Annaba.

Keywords

Crime ; neighborhood ; juvenile ; juvenile delinquency ; values ; social norms ; peer Groups