Characteristics of Personal Immaturity in Female Child Committing Socially Dangerous Acts

The article deals with the manifestations of personal immaturity in female juvenile offenders. The psychological conclusions of girls committing socially dangerous acts and underwent a comprehensive forensic psychological and psychiatric examination were analysed. The results of clinical diagnostics and expert assessment of the ability of minors to regulate arbitrarily their own activities are presented. The article describes the features of signs in girls with illegal behavior, typical for personal immaturity, and presents a comparison with a sample of male juvenile offenders. It was found that girls ' mental development delays are mainly partial in nature, and manifestations of personal immaturity are generally less pronounced compared to boys. In the study of the intellectual sphere, it was noted that girls ' intellectual deficits are less pronounced, observed mainly in combination with psychopathology of organic genesis.

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Profiles of Female Juvenile Offenders

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e413782005-351 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

Christy A. Engle ◽

Curtis W. Mcintyre ◽

Addie Beth Denton ◽

Christine P. Gancarz ◽

Vanessa R. Cole ◽

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Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Female Juvenile Offenders

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Female Juvenile Offenders' Perceptions of Gender-Specific Programs

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e571212013-436 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Angela Doreen Broadus ◽

Monica K. Miller ◽

Lacey Miller

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Female Juvenile Offenders ◽

Gender Specific

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Gender-Responsive Intervention for Female Juvenile Offenders: A Quasi-Experimental Outcome Evaluation

Feminist Criminology ◽

10.1177/1557085116677749 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 24-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Valerie R. Anderson ◽

Brinn M. Walerych ◽

Nordia A. Campbell ◽

Ashlee R. Barnes ◽

William S. Davidson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Juvenile Justice System ◽

Juvenile Court ◽

Group Home ◽

Outcome Evaluation ◽

Home Treatment ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Female Juvenile Offenders ◽

Quasi Experimental

The increasing proportion of girls in the juvenile justice system has prompted courts to develop gender-responsive services. The present study examined data from a mid-sized county juvenile court to examine the effects of a group home intervention for girls. The study compared group home participants ( n = 172) with girls who did not receive group home treatment ( n = 814) using propensity score matching (PSM). Girls who received group home treatment were significantly less likely to re-offend in the 2-year follow-up period. Policy and practice implications for gender-responsive services as well as future directions for research are discussed.

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The Relationship Between Trauma, Recidivism Risk, and Reoffending in Male and Female Juvenile Offenders

Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma ◽

10.1007/s40653-018-0238-4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 351-364 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nina A. Vitopoulos ◽

Michele Peterson-Badali ◽

Shelley Brown ◽

Tracey A. Skilling

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Female Juvenile Offenders ◽

Male And Female ◽

Trauma Recidivism ◽

The Relationship

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A Cluster-Analytic Investigation of MMPI Profiles of Serious Male and Female Juvenile Offenders

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ◽

10.1097/01.chi.0000046877.27264.f6 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 42 (7) ◽

pp. 770-777 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Dorothy L. Espelage ◽

Elizabeth Cauffman ◽

Lisa Broidy ◽

Alex R. Piquero ◽

Paul Mazerolle ◽

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Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Analytic Investigation ◽

Female Juvenile Offenders ◽

Male And Female ◽

Cluster Analytic

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Retarded Mental Development in the Practice of Comprehensive Psychological and Psychiatric Expertise of Juvenile Offenders

Psychology and Law ◽

10.17759/psylaw.2019090313 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 178-189

Author(s):

V.D. Badmaeva ◽

D.S. Oshevskiy ◽

A.A. Fedonkina

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Mental Disorder ◽

Mental Development ◽

Forensic Practice ◽

Actual Nature ◽

Psychiatric Expertise ◽

Development Characteristic ◽

Symptom Complex ◽

And Control ◽

Prognostic Functions

The article is devoted to the problem of retarded mental development of juvenile offenders in forensic practice. The findings of male juvenile offenders (n = 30) who underwent a complex psychological and psychiatric expertise were analyzed. As a result of the study, a criminal-relevant pathopsychological symptom complex was identified in juvenile offenders with retarded mental development on organically imperfect soil. Violations manifest themselves in cognitive, emotional-volitional and personal spheres. They lead to a significant decrease in the level of arbitrary regulation, disrupting critical and prognostic functions, and deprive the minor during the time of the tort the ability to recognize and control the actual nature and public danger of his actions. In addition, partial retardation of mental development characteristic of juvenile defendants with personal immaturity without mental disorder is defined.

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Risk-Need Profiles of Serious and Chronic Female Juvenile Offenders: Implications for Female Juvenile Correctional Programming

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x17735055 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 62 (9) ◽

pp. 2742-2758 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chiquitia Welch-Brewer

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Drug Use ◽

Latent Profile Analysis ◽

Profile Analysis ◽

Family Relationship ◽

Treatment Needs ◽

Female Juvenile Offenders ◽

Alcohol And Drug Use ◽

Emotional Processes ◽

Psychosocial Profiles

Understanding differences and similarities between male and female juvenile offenders is critically important for determining the treatment needs of each group. Less is known, however, about the similarities and differences among female juvenile offenders and the variation in their needs, risks, and psychosocial profiles. Understanding the variation among female juvenile offenders could lead to improvements in gender-responsive interventions and treatment. Latent profile analysis was conducted to construct risk-need profiles in a state-based sample of incarcerated girls ( N = 203) based on a range of psychosocial subscales covering family, peer, school and cognitive and emotional processes, psychopathology, and antisocial outcomes. Findings revealed four distinct groups/profiles with varying levels of risk-needs— Aggression Only (51%), Alcohol and Drug Use (19%), Socioemotional and Family Relationship Problems (24%), and Severe Alcohol and Drug Use (6%)—warranting the need for varying levels of treatment intensity and different treatment components across subgroups, ranging from less to more extensive.

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