Risk and Protective Factors among Youth Offenders

Examined risk and protective factors of youth offenders and their relation to recidivism. It was found that protective factors, specifically personal characteristics, familial conditions, and peer selection, differentiated nonrepeat offenders and repeat offenders. Present findings support adaptive m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Adolescence 2001-09, Vol.36 (143), p.409-426
Hauptverfasser:	Carr, Mary B, Vandiver, Trish A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic Ability Academic Achievement Adolescent Adolescent Behavior - psychology Adolescent Development Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies Adults Alcoholism Attendance Behavior Problems Biological and medical sciences Causes of Child Criminals Delinquency Delinquency Prevention Delinquent Rehabilitation Drug Use Early Adolescents Elementary Education Elementary Schools Family (Sociological Unit) Family - psychology Family Environment Female Humans Individual Characteristics Interpersonal Relationship Juvenile delinquency Juvenile Delinquency - prevention & control Juvenile Offenders Life Change Events Male Medical sciences Parenting Styles Parents Peer Group Peer Relationship Personality Traits Protective Factors Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology Psychopathology. Psychiatry Recidivism Records (Forms) Reinforcement (Psychology) Researchers Retrospective Studies Risk Risk assessment Risk Factors Self Efficacy Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency Stress, Psychological - diagnosis Stress, Psychological - psychology Surveys and Questionnaires USA Youth Problems
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Zusammenfassung:	Examined risk and protective factors of youth offenders and their relation to recidivism. It was found that protective factors, specifically personal characteristics, familial conditions, and peer selection, differentiated nonrepeat offenders and repeat offenders. Present findings support adaptive model of resiliency and reinforces importance of enhancing protective factors in youth offenders as a means of deterring delinquent behavior. (Author)
ISSN:	0001-8449