A Study on Prediction of Recidivism by a Risk Assessment for Juvenile Offender at Police Investigation : The Specialist Participation System on Investigation of Juvenile Offenders

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine temperament differences, notably effortful control and negative emotionality, and correlates that distinguish between homicide, violent sexual and other violent juvenile offenders. Exploring heterogeneity among violent offenders is relevant to intervention strategies and policy implications. Design/methodology/approach Demographic measures, temperament constructs and individual risk factor indicators were assessed across 30,303 violent juvenile offenders (including 397 homicide offenders) in Florida to assess their ability to distinguish among violent juvenile offender subgroups. Findings Analyses demonstrated temperament constructs distinguish among classifications of violent juvenile offenders with effortful control differentiating homicide and violent sexual offenders from other violent offenders, and negative emotionality distinguishing violent sexual from other violent offenders, with youth having greater negative emotionality and less effortful control being non-sexual violent offenders. Homicide offenders were more likely to be older, male and had histories of gang membership and weapon/firearm offending than other violent offenders, and evidenced greater negative emotionality than violent sexual offenders. Originality/value The differences across violent youthful offender subtypes suggest heterogeneity among violent offenders with distinct correlates more predictive of some subtypes than others. Additionally, the temperament constructs of effortful control and negative emotionality are useful in distinguishing violent offender subtypes, which points toward differing intervention/treatment strategies.

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Perceptions of Law Enforcement Towards Juvenile Offenders [Clark Atlanta University]

Journal of Student Research ◽

10.47611/jsr.vi.663 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Spencer Evelyn ◽

Medha Talpade

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Juvenile Justice ◽

Police Officers ◽

Juvenile Offender ◽

Study Data ◽

Law Enforcement Agencies ◽

Purposeful Sampling ◽

Study Participants ◽

First Contact

In the most recent statistics, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJPD, 2017) recorded that in 2016 law enforcement agencies in the U.S made an estimated 856,130 arrests of persons under age 18. The topic of juvenile offenders has been a controversial debate for several years. Many argue that juveniles are not as fully developed mentally as adults and their crimes are generated from a youth’s mentality. This qualitative study explores the perceptions of juveniles by police officers. The purpose is to identify whether age, or the crime committed, and the outcome of that crime influences their perceptions. Additionally, exploring the police officers’ beliefs regarding the disciplinary actions for juveniles is an important consideration because it may influence their first contact treatment of the juvenile offender. The research questions that lead this study are: What are the perceptions of police officers about the disciplinary punishments for juvenile offenders? Purposeful sampling was used for the study. Participants were eligible if they were (1) worked as law enforcement for a minimum of 5 years, and (2) worked with juvenile offenders directly. A sample of 5 law enforcement officers, considered key informants, who worked with juvenile offenders, participated in this study. Data analyses was conducted with the Atlas Ti. Validation strategies such as member checking, rich thick descriptions, and reflexivity were used. Results of the overall themes indicated that most favor having early intervention and prevention programs for juveniles as well as rehabilitation instead of incarceration. Results should aid juvenile justice officials and use the perspectives inform interventions to prevent recidivism.

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Prevention and Correction of Motivation for Illegal Behavior of Minors

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i4.38.27646 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4.38) ◽

pp. 1086

Author(s):

I. Yu. Blyasova ◽

Yu. A. Klayberg ◽

Yu. A. Malyushina ◽

N. А. Kokanov ◽

T. Yu. Lushnikova

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Training Program ◽

Juvenile Offender ◽

Control Group ◽

Law Enforcement Agencies ◽

Professional Activities ◽

Rehabilitation Centers ◽

Illegal Behavior ◽

Psychological Training ◽

Student’S T

The relevance of the research based on the necessity of studying the components of criminal motivation of minors and their psychological content.In this regard, this article is aimed at identifying the components of criminal motivation, prevention and correction with the help of a correctional-developing training program "Quartet".The leading approaches (or methods) of the study of this problem are the systematic approach, methods of mathematical statistics, which allows to develop and carry out prevention and correction of criminal motivation.The article presents the results of the trainings with minors, the main concepts of criminal motivation are revealed.The analysis of the differences between the parameters of the psychological content of the components of the motivational sphere of the personality of the juvenile offender (individual, personal, cognitive, emotional and behavioral) of the U. Student's t-criterion showed that there are reliable positive changes in the structure of the motivational sphere of the personality of the minor offender. In the control group of minors, there was no change, according to it, we can conclude that the motivation for illegal behavior of minors can be corrected by means of socio-psychological training through awareness and influence on the psychological content of the components of the structure of the motivational sphere and changes in the hierarchy of leading motives.The materials of the article are of practical value. Research materials can be used in professional activities of investigators, juvenile inspectors, social rehabilitation centers dealing with juvenile offenders. They are applicable in dealing with educators, psychologists, and employees of law enforcement agencies for advisory and educational purposes. The technique "Dominant criminal motive" can be used both in individual work with juvenile offenders and for monitoring the state of juvenile delinquency.The correctional-developing training program “Quartet” developed by the author can be used to change the motivational sphere of the personality of juvenile offenders, the formation of adequate behavior of minors, and to carry out measures to prevent the relapses committed by minors.The reliability of the research results, its conclusions and recommendations is provided by the methodology and logic of the research.

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Gender and Risk Assessment in Juvenile Offenders: A Meta-Analysis

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/0093854817721720 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 56-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Natasha Pusch ◽

Kristy Holtfreter

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Meta Analysis

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SOCIAL EDUCATION OF JUVENILE OFFENSERS CONVICTED PENALTIES BY NON-IMPRISONMENT

Humanitarian studios: pedagogics, psychology, philosophy ◽

10.31548/hspedagog2021.02.073 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 73-81

Author(s):

Y. Yu. Plisko ◽

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Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Juvenile Offender ◽

Individual Case ◽

Social Education ◽

Educational Work ◽

Collective Work ◽

Separate Model ◽

The Social ◽

Psychological Assistance ◽

Prevention Methods

The study helped to find out that the process of organizing the social education of juvenile offenders sentenced to imprisonment by imprisonment is carried out on the basis of the use of: a multilevel complex of social and pedagogical prevention; methods of individual and collective educational work; and also, social and pedagogical rehabilitation of the personality of the child-criminal. The use of crime prevention (at three levels) is aimed at: prevention of deviations of the delinquent nature of the child, the formation of its legal awareness, providing moral and psychological assistance to "difficult" adolescents and their parents; elimination of possible risks of committing an offense and prevention of re-offending by a juvenile who has already been prosecuted. Emphasis is placed on individual educational work, which is defined as the most progressive modern form of social and pedagogical rehabilitation and socialization of difficult children (delinquents, offenders, criminals, etc.). The use of "individual case management" as a separate model of organizing comprehensive assistance to a juvenile offender sentenced to non-custodial punishment is considered. As an example of collective work, a program of social and pedagogical rehabilitation is presented, in which the process of restoring the personality of a juvenile offender has a complex, multidisciplinary nature and is carried out in a healthy society. It is revealed that the correctional and rehabilitation work is carried out taking into account the results of diagnosis, causes and conditions of each juvenile regarding his offense. Therefore, each program is adjusted to each case.

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New legislation on juveniles: Importance of alternatives to institutional treatment (in the light of the offender’s reintegration and victim’s empowerment)

Temida ◽

10.2298/tem0601061s ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 61-66 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ivana Stevanovic

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Juvenile Offender ◽

Active Role ◽

Legal Provisions ◽

Institutional Treatment ◽

The Law ◽

The Republic ◽

Criminal Protection ◽

Alternative Sanctions

In this paper the author denotes some of the new legal provisions contained in the Law on juvenile offenders and criminal protection of juveniles of the Republic of Serbia, in the light of both the reintegration of juvenile offenders and future more active role of a victim of crime committed by a juvenile offender - the role that would contribute to victim?s empowerment. Likewise, the author points out the importance of alternative sanctions, i.e. procedures and measures that should enable diversion from the classic criminal procedure, or its suspension. The article signifies the importance of noncustodial measures as alternatives to institutional treatment, in terms of the new provisions contained in the Law.

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Antisocial Process Screening Device

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x15588903 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 60 (16) ◽

pp. 1856-1872 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Pedro Pechorro ◽

Victoria Hidalgo ◽

Cristina Nunes ◽

Lucía Jiménez

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Juvenile Offender ◽

Self Report ◽

Callous Unemotional ◽

Antisocial Process Screening Device ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Screening Device ◽

Forensic Sample

The main aim of the present study was to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and some additional psychometric properties of the Antisocial Process Screening Device–Self-Report (APSD-SR) among a large forensic sample of incarcerated male juvenile offenders ( N = 438). The results, based on this forensic sample, support the use of the APSD-SR in terms of its factor structure, and internal consistency despite the fact an item had to be removed from the callous-unemotional (CU) dimension. Statistically significant positive associations were found with measures of psychopathic traits, CU traits, narcissism, and aggression, as well as negative associations with a measure of empathy. Findings provide support for the use of the APSD-SR among the incarcerated male juvenile offender population.

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