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Violent offending among juveniles: A 7-year longitudinal study of recidivism, desistance, and associations with mental health.
Law Hum Behav. 2017 06; 41(3):273-283.LH

Abstract

Serious and violent offending among juveniles is a consistent concern of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, yet the development of violent offending remains poorly understood because of limited availability of relevant data, small sample sizes, and shortage of longitudinal data sets. This study analyzed developmental patterns of violent offending over 7 years in the complete population of court-referred youth in Connecticut between 2006 and 2012 (N = 58,678; mean age at first offense = 14.7 years). This unique dataset provided several key findings: First, results from a latent class growth analysis showed that violent crimes peaked at age 14-15, with high-rate adolescent offenders (3.7% of the sample) accounting for 31.9% of all violent offenses. Further, 74.2% of this group desisted from violent crimes in adulthood. Higher levels of self-reported anger/irritability slightly increased the odds of violent recidivism (odds ratio, OR = 1.09), where higher levels of depression/anxiety depressed the odds (OR = 0.89). The overrepresentation of males, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic youth among high-rate adolescence offenders were traceable through adolescence but not beyond the age of 18. Together, these finding may help to inform new delinquency interventions that target the needs of this proportionally small group of violent adolescent offenders accounting for a large amount of violent crimes. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Hein S
Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, University of Houston.
Barbot B
Department of Psychology, Pace University.
Square A
Child Study Center, Yale University.
Chapman J
Child Study Center, Yale University.
Geib CF
Connecticut Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division.
Grigorenko EL
Department of Psychology, Texas Institute of Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston.

MeSH

AdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAfrican AmericansAnxietyChildConnecticutCriminalsDepressionFemaleHispanic AmericansHumansJuvenile DelinquencyLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthRecidivismRegression AnalysisRisk FactorsSex EducationSurveys and QuestionnairesViolence

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Comparative Study
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eng

PubMed ID

28383985

Citation

Hein, Sascha, et al. "Violent Offending Among Juveniles: a 7-year Longitudinal Study of Recidivism, Desistance, and Associations With Mental Health." Law and Human Behavior, vol. 41, no. 3, 2017, pp. 273-283.
Hein S, Barbot B, Square A, et al. Violent offending among juveniles: A 7-year longitudinal study of recidivism, desistance, and associations with mental health. Law Hum Behav. 2017;41(3):273-283.
Hein, S., Barbot, B., Square, A., Chapman, J., Geib, C. F., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2017). Violent offending among juveniles: A 7-year longitudinal study of recidivism, desistance, and associations with mental health. Law and Human Behavior, 41(3), 273-283. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000241
Hein S, et al. Violent Offending Among Juveniles: a 7-year Longitudinal Study of Recidivism, Desistance, and Associations With Mental Health. Law Hum Behav. 2017;41(3):273-283. PubMed PMID: 28383985.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Violent offending among juveniles: A 7-year longitudinal study of recidivism, desistance, and associations with mental health. AU - Hein,Sascha, AU - Barbot,Baptiste, AU - Square,Amanda, AU - Chapman,John, AU - Geib,Catherine Foley, AU - Grigorenko,Elena L, Y1 - 2017/04/06/ PY - 2017/4/7/pubmed PY - 2018/5/5/medline PY - 2017/4/7/entrez SP - 273 EP - 283 JF - Law and human behavior JO - Law Hum Behav VL - 41 IS - 3 N2 - Serious and violent offending among juveniles is a consistent concern of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, yet the development of violent offending remains poorly understood because of limited availability of relevant data, small sample sizes, and shortage of longitudinal data sets. This study analyzed developmental patterns of violent offending over 7 years in the complete population of court-referred youth in Connecticut between 2006 and 2012 (N = 58,678; mean age at first offense = 14.7 years). This unique dataset provided several key findings: First, results from a latent class growth analysis showed that violent crimes peaked at age 14-15, with high-rate adolescent offenders (3.7% of the sample) accounting for 31.9% of all violent offenses. Further, 74.2% of this group desisted from violent crimes in adulthood. Higher levels of self-reported anger/irritability slightly increased the odds of violent recidivism (odds ratio, OR = 1.09), where higher levels of depression/anxiety depressed the odds (OR = 0.89). The overrepresentation of males, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic youth among high-rate adolescence offenders were traceable through adolescence but not beyond the age of 18. Together, these finding may help to inform new delinquency interventions that target the needs of this proportionally small group of violent adolescent offenders accounting for a large amount of violent crimes. (PsycINFO Database Record SN - 1573-661X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/28383985/Violent_offending_among_juveniles:_A_7_year_longitudinal_study_of_recidivism_desistance_and_associations_with_mental_health_ L2 - http://content.apa.org/journals/lhb/41/3/273 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -