ABSTRACT
Nearly all the serious research concerning the present delinquency situation has been directed to the relatively greater increase in some situations and under some conditions in comparison with others. Moreover, for the areas of high delinquency—areas mostly of squalor and destitution—it would be extremely rash to conclude that the high rate is due to imitation. The doctrine that the delinquency of the children reflects the delinquent attitudes of their parents takes a number of forms. The aftermath of war has also some association with the increase of crime and delinquency. The broad influences of the times are not likely to bite so deeply that young people will be jolted into delinquent ways on that account alone. Since new influences are not localized or confined to specific groups, their pervasive impact could explain the increase of delinquency beyond any national frontiers.
