【examples】Research Proposal（I）

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(I) Proposed Title

The Relationship between Juvenile Delinquency and Environmental Variables in New Town, Tuen Mun


(II) Introduction

The problem of juvenile delinquency in Tuen Mun's new town' has become more and more alarming in recent years.

According to recent police statistics, the figure of 662 recorded juvenile arrests in Tuen Mun was the highest among all police districts in the territory in the first half of 1996. Such figures raise public concern about the occurrence of juvenile delinquency in the context of planned housing in the new towns. A number of questions arise, such as: " Why does Tuen Mun suffer more Juvenile Delinquency than other places? " ; " Is the environment o
f Tuen Mun more favorable for Juvenile Delinquency than other places? " and " Ho w far do the environmental features influence the chances of delinquency occurring? ". Hence, the following hypothesis will be examined in my proposed study:【问题的提出】

" The environment of Tuen Mun's new town invites and provides more opportunities
for juveniles to commit delinquency than other new towns and urban areas of HK.
"

I will compare juvenile delinquency in Tuen Mun's new town with two other areas in order to make the study more interesting. The first area, also a new town, is Tseung Kwan O, which has similar environmental features to Tuen Mun. The second area, Kowloon City, is an urban district and has different characteristics to Tuen Mun.【大概想法】

I will employ the "environmental perspective" in my study in order to attempt to explain the nature of juvenile delinquency. In addition, the related "situational crime prevention" approach which focuses on the "rational choice" of offenders will also be critically used to （supplement an understanding of） the factors involved in juvenile delinquency.【引入的概念和方法】

The following proposal presents the "What" and "How" of my study. Using the "environmental" approach to study juvenile delinquency is a novel attempt in Hong Kong;【 创新点】 therefore, I will rely on the ideas and methods (developed in the west) by, for example, Newman(1972), the Brantingham(1990) and Clarke and Felson(1993).