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Youths who approved of adventurous, youth-oriented activities were like y to be more involved in delinquent behavior than those who did n t, but no relationship was found between approval of more sera us offenses and extent of delinquent involvement. Based oh_questioUnaire responses from institutionalized girls in two juvenile reformatories, findings indicate that attitudes of those engaging in serious delinquent activity were similar to the attitudes of those who did not. This argues against the common assumption that delinquents have values different from nondelinguents. Instead, support emerged for the argument that delinquents drift into and out of delinquent behavior. It appears that individuals engage in delinquent behavior because they are Periodically released from moral constraint. (BN) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original docup(ent. * ********************************************454************************