Crime and mental disorders among native Dutch and ethnic minority juvenile defendants in the Netherlands

An Examination of Spatial Differences between Migrant and Native Offenders in Committing Violent Crimes in a Large Chinese City

“…There is no consensus as to whether immigrants are more prone to the commission of violence, because it depends on the origin of country, ethnicity, generation, or location [5][6][7]. Interestingly, second generation immigrants became more involved in crimes than the children of native-born parents in the US and Netherlands [8,9]. The main reasons for this are culture conflict, family-related factors, an undesirable neighborhood environment, and involvement in gangs [6,[10][11][12].…”

Mental health and associated factors among young offenders in Chile: a cross‐sectional study

“…Another study, representative of the population of 12–18 year‐old boys incarcerated in the Netherlands ( n = 204), showed that 90% of the participants had at least one psychiatric diagnosis, also based on the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children; disruptive behaviour (75%) and substance use (55%) disorders were the most prevalent disorders (Vreugdenhil et al, ). A larger Dutch study comparing native with ethnic minority defendants aged 12–17 years found that about three‐quarters of each group had a mental disorder (77% and 74% respectively; Vinkers and Duits, ).…”

Attempted suicide and violent criminality among Danish second-generation immigrants according to parental place of origin

“…They may attract disproportionately close attention from police officers, a phenomenon that has been evidenced in the United Kingdom by the Scarman and Lawrence inquiries into ‘Stop & Search’ policing tactics directed towards young men of African-Caribbean heritage (Bowling & Phillips, 2007). Researchers in the Netherlands have reported that admission to a juvenile correctional institution has been more frequently recommended for ethnic minority versus native Dutch youths (Vinkers & Duits, 2011). These authors speculated as to whether or not their finding reflected ‘… a false stereotype of ethnic minority populations as being more dangerous and threatening’ (p. 131).…”