Risk factors for delinquency in adolescent and young adult females: A European review

Wong, T.M.L.; Slotboom, A.; Bijleveld, Catrien

doi:10.1177/1477370810363374

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“…In accordance with differential association theory, studies have shown similar effects of delinquent attitudes on delinquency across sexes (Mears et al 1998;Piquero et al 2005). However, although most previous studies indicated that the association between delinquent peers and delinquent behavior are similar for boys and girls (see Hubbard and Pratt 2002;Wong et al 2010), few studies found sex differences in the effect of peer delinquency on delinquency (Mears et al 1998;Piquero et al 2005). Mears et al (1998) found that boys were more strongly affected by delinquent peers than girls.…”

Section: Sex Differences In Indirect Pathways From Parenting To Delinmentioning

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Sex differences in longitudinal pathways from parenting to delinquency

Janssen

Eichelsheim

Deković

et al. 2017

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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In the current study, we examined longitudinally whether boys and girls differed in pathways from parenting to delinquency. Longitudinal mediational models were tested for boys and girls separately in which three parenting dimensions (i.e., monitoring, limit setting, and the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship) were hypothesized to influence adolescents' level of self-control, delinquent attitudes, peer delinquency, and time spent in criminogenic settings, which in turn, were hypothesized to affect delinquency. Using data of 603 adolescents (11-17 years of age at T1) we found mean level differences between boys and girls in parental monitoring, parental limit-setting, self-control, delinquent attitudes, and peer delinquency. The results suggest furthermore that the model linking parenting to delinquency is similar for boys and girls. We found, however, that the indirect effect from the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship through self-control is stronger for girls than for boys.

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Section: Sex Differences In Indirect Pathways From Parenting To Delinmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…It is, however, possible that boys and girls differ in risk factors for delinquency that were not included in the present study. For example, previous research has indicated that negative life events, physical abuse by parents, and internalizing problems were risk factors for girls but not for boys (Wong et al 2010).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sex differences in longitudinal pathways from parenting to delinquency

Janssen

Eichelsheim

Deković

et al. 2017

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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“…Empirical findings support the connection between peers' delinquency and the youths own delinquent behavior, where deviant peers both expose youths to criminal activities as well as encourage such behavior (Brauer and De Coster, 2015;Farrington, Ttofi & Coid, 2009;Haynie, 2002;Warr, 2002;Wike, Miller, Winn, & Taylor, 2013;Worthen, 2012). Meta analyses of the predictors of juvenile delinquency have found that deviant peers are a major risk factor for adolescents (Wong, Slotboom, & Bijleveld, 2010), and a deviant peer group has been shown to be one of the strongest predictors of female delinquency (Hubbard & Pratt, 2002), even when parents, school and other interpersonal factors are controlled for (Pleydon & Schner, 2001).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Azad

Hau

Karlsson

2017

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Delinquent peers have a strong influence on adolescent delinquent behavior. However, few studies have investigated adolescents', and in particular young females', own perspectives of the role of peers on their delinquent behavior. The purpose of the present study was to explore how young female offenders described their delinquent behavior and more specifically the role they assign to peer relations in committing or avoiding delinquent acts. Nine female adolescents, sentenced to youth service, were interviewed, and the data was analyzed using the Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) method. The results showed that committing crimes and taking drugs with peers were portrayed as a way for the female delinquents to socialize. Delinquent and pro-social activities with peers appear to serve similar developmental functions in the sense that it is described to fulfill the same developmental needs. The young offenders also described collectively created pressures and norms in the peer group as the main contributing factor to their norm-breaking behavior, where they described being both recipients and producers of influence in the group. Another important finding was that the female offenders showed an awareness of the importance of pro-social peers and the need to eliminate delinquent friends from their peer network in order to help them refrain from deviant behavior. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.

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“…Like Moffitt et al (2002) we found that earlier age of crime onset is generally accompanied by higher psychopathy traits. We are not stating that higher psychopathic traits trigger earlier age of onset, but these two variables may be reinforcing each other alongside other variables like negative life events, substance abuse, inadequate parenting, low attachment to school or having delinquent friends (Wong et al, 2010), to produce life course persistent female offenders.…”

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Age of Crime Onset and Psychopathic Traits in Female Juvenile Delinquents

Pechorro

Gonçalves

Marôco

et al. 2013

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The aim of this study was to analyze the role of psychopathic traits in the age of crime onset of female juvenile delinquents. Using a sample of 132 young females from the Juvenile Detention Centers of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice and from schools in the Lisbon region, a group of early crime onset (n = 44), a group of late crime onset (n = 44), and a nondelinquent school group (n = 44) were formed. Results showed that early crime onset participants score higher on psychopathy measures, self-reported delinquency, and crime seriousness than late crime onset participants and school participants. Psychopathic-traits scores were significantly associated with age of crime onset, age at first trouble with the law, and frequency and seriousness of crime. Keywords female juvenile delinquency, psychopathic traits, crime onsetThe timing of the onset of antisocial behavior is one of the most critical pieces of information in understanding maladaptive behaviors, substance use, alcoholism, delinquency, and criminal justice system involvement. Antisocial behaviors that emerge during early and middle childhood are often harbingers of sustained antisocial behavior that persist through adolescence and endure into adulthood (DeLisi, Beaver,

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Risk factors for delinquency in adolescent and young adult females: A European review

Cited by 87 publications

References 34 publications

Sex differences in longitudinal pathways from parenting to delinquency

Sex differences in longitudinal pathways from parenting to delinquency

Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Age of Crime Onset and Psychopathic Traits in Female Juvenile Delinquents

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