Add your conference to our Justice Events calendar

PUBLICATIONS

Stay Informed
Register with NCJRS to receive NCJRS's biweekly e-newsletter JUSTINFO and additional periodic emails from NCJRS and the NCJRS federal sponsors that highlight the latest research published or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs.

NCJRS Abstract

The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Virtual Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the Virtual Library. See the Obtain Documents page for direction on how to access resources online, via mail, through interlibrary loans, or in a local library.

1 record(s) found

NCJ Number:	136308

Title:	Amusement Machines: Dependency and Delinquency

Author(s):	J Graham

Date Published:	1988

Annotation:	A questionnaire survey was administered to a national random sample of 1,946 children aged 10 to 16 in England and Wales in 1987 to determine the extent and nature of amusement machine playing with a view toward establishing the potential existence of a significant social problem requiring legislation.

Abstract:	The playing of fruit and video machines emerged as predominantly a gregarious and peer group centered activity. The findings, which show the playing of fruit rather than video machines to be most likely to put young people between the ages of 10 and 16 at risk, fail to provide a strong case for imposing further restrictions on the use of amusement machines. In addition to existing restrictions, several additional measures might help to reduce the risk of a few young people falling into a pattern of excessive amusement machine playing. These include parental supervision and the provision of advice to teachers, social workers, youth workers, arcade managers, and voluntary agencies about ways to identify early signs of over-indulgence in amusement machine playing. 6 references

Main Term(s):	Entertainment establishments; Juvenile delinquency prevention

Index Term(s):	Behavior patterns; Foreign laws; Juvenile delinquency research

Publication Number:	ISBN 0-11-340895-1

Sponsoring Agency:	Her Majesty's Stationery Office Norwich, NR3 1GN,

Sale Source:	Her Majesty's Stationery Office PO Box 29 Norwich, NR3 1GN, United Kingdom

Page Count:	54

Type:	Survey

Language:	English

Country:	United Kingdom

Note:	Home Office Research Study No. 101



	To cite this abstract, use the following link: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=136308

*A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. For documents not available online, a link to the publisher's website is provided. Tell us how you use the NCJRS Library and Abstracts Database - send us your feedback.

PUBLICATIONS

NCJRS Abstract

Find in a Library