According to some authors, divorce is a problem when it comes to delinquency. Others do not see a strong correlation. For example, "The variables that predict male delinquency were found to be different from those that predict female delinquency. Characteristics of the parents' marriage play an important role for boys, while misbehavior of girls is more strongly predicted by variables measuring parent-child interaction and parental control." comes from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1982.tb01014.x/abstract and appears to say that only boys are affected by factors in their parents' marriage when it comes to delinquency. However, this article: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J087v39n01_07.UnhDkOLufLY states that divorce is a cause of juvenile delinquency, and included both boys and girls. Articles dating back to 1973 (http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/socprob21&div=68&id=&page=) seem to indicate that divorce is a concern and can contribute to delinquency in juveniles.
