LEAP! SeCollege : a research component for the establishment of a secure college in the Maltese Islands

Abstract

The submission researches crime transmission based on the concept that the earlier the onset the longer the career, where offending is part of a larger syndrome of antisocial behaviour. The research focuses on Risk factors that include failure in education, multiple family risk factors and socio-economic drawbacks, which leads to a cycle of continuity, resultant in situations where problem children grow into problem adults who in turn bear problem children.