I think that a few of the Parent and Family Factors and to some extent, the Environmental factors are the most controllable.
By getting kids out of "bad homes" where they suffer abuse, poor examples by parents with psychological disorders, substance abuse issues, or their own delinquency issues, children would have a better chance at avoiding the negative effects that these factors cause. Also, removing delinquent siblings and placing them in specialized programs to help them, the other child would not be influenced by or dragged into their poor decisions and the other sibling may be better off. As far as the disciplinary issues go, it would be difficult to change those, but implementing "parenting classes" or providing parent-child counseling may be helpful. The Environmental effects by be offset by implementing better, more effective government programs than Welfare or Unemployment. Many people take advantage of these but squander the aid while their children reap non of the benefits. Child-directed aid may be a better solution. These factors, I believe, would be a wise and beneficial use of resources.
As for factors NOT to focus on because they are essentially out of control is Rejected Status. Although attempting to influence the child to be more self-confident, outgoing, or agreeable may reduce that problem, it would be highly difficult to do. Rejection is a self-compounding problem and to some extent, the effects are already permanent. The only hope is possibly switching schools and starting over. Other than that, it is impossible to predict or direct one adolescents treat one another and interact, especially in school environments.
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