The Drop in Juvenile Delinquency in The Netherlands: Changes in Exposure to Risk and Protection

Laan, A.M. van der; Rokven, Josja; Weijters, Gijs; Beerthuizen, Marinus G.C.J.

doi:10.1080/07418825.2019.1656762

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“…On the other hand, we observed an increase in time spent on activities with parents. This observation is in line with previous findings of changes in family dynamics and closer parent-child relationships [7,17,[29][30][31], which are predictive of reduced drinking [16,36]. These changes could also account for some of the reduction in intoxication frequency, and may suggest that adolescents' leisure time to a lesser extent includes social situations compatible with drinking, but rather favours 'competing activities' [37].…”

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“…At least in the Nordic countries, it seems that young people want to perform better at school than previously, with higher academic ambitions [8,32], which fits our findings of more school conscientiousness. Finally, and well in line with the above-mentioned changes in young people's lives, delinquency and other risk-taking behaviours have declined in several countries [8,10,30,31], as we also found.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…First, most studies indicate that hanging out with friends in the evenings occurs less frequently [14,17,18], and that a marked increase in time spent on screen activities has occurred [28]. Some studies have also found an increase in spending time with parents [17,29], as well as other changes that are indicative of closer ties to parents [30,31]. This fits a broader picture of improved parenting and family relationships.…”

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confidence: 86%

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Decline in adolescent drinking: Some possible explanations

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Torgersen

2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims Adolescent drinking has decreased in numerous high‐income countries in the 2000s, and how to explain this downward trend is far from clear. Focussing on the decline in drinking to intoxication among youth in Norway, we examined the following potential explanatory factors: family/home‐based and peer‐oriented leisure‐time activities, perceived parental drinking, drug substitution, school conscientiousness and delinquency. Design and Methods Data stemmed from cross‐sectional surveys of adolescents aged 13–17 years in the four largest cities in Norway in 2002 (n = 1204) and in 2013/2015 (n = 31 441). We examined the extent to which the decline in intoxication prevalence was attributable to the possible explanatory variables using logistic regression analysis. Results The proportion reporting any past‐year intoxication episodes dropped markedly from 2002 (41%) to 2013/2015 (22%). Family/home‐oriented leisure‐time activities and school conscientiousness increased, whereas hanging out with friends in the evening and delinquent behaviours decreased. These factors together accounted for 43% of this decline. Decrease in going out with friends was the most important factor. We found no empirical support for assumptions that perceived parental drinking or drug substitution had contributed to the decrease in drinking to intoxication. Discussion and Conclusions Since the millennium shift, urban adolescents in Norway have become more home‐, family‐ and school‐oriented, and less involved in unsupervised socialising with peers and delinquency. These changes may have contributed to some of the reduction in the prevalence of intoxication in this population group.

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“…To establish whether participants had reoffended, we used self-reports of the adolescents and requested official records from the JustID. Prevalence of reoffending was assessed by the “Self-report Delinquency Scale” (SRD) of the Research and Documentation Centre ( Van der Laan & Blom, 2006 ; Van der Laan, Blom, & Kleemans, 2009 ). Three subscales of the SRD scale were used for examination of the program effectiveness: Violent Crime (seven items), Vandalism (four items), and Property Crime (six items).…”

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The Long-Term Effects of the Youth Crime Prevention Program “New Perspectives” on Delinquency and Recidivism

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Hoeve

Asscher

et al. 2018

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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New Perspectives (NP) aims to prevent persistent criminal behavior. We examined the long-term effectiveness of NP and whether the effects were moderated by demographic and delinquency factors. At-risk youth aged 12 to 19 years were randomly assigned to the intervention group (NP, n = 47) or care as usual (CAU, n = 54). Official and self-report data were collected to assess recidivism. NP was not more effective in reducing delinquency levels and recidivism than CAU. Also, no moderator effects were found. The overall null effects are discussed, including further research and policy implications.

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“…Iš mokslinių publikacijų žinoma, kad registruoto (taip pat ir latentinio, tačiau su tam tikromis išimtimis ir ne taip stipriai) nepilnamečių nusikalstamo elgesio pastaruoju metu mažėjo Ispanijoje (Fernández-Molina, Gutiérrez 2018), Kroatijoje (Cajner Mraović et al 2015), Nyderlanduose (Ruigrok et al 2017;Van der Laan et al 2021), Šveicarijoje (Baier 2019;2020), Vokietijoje (Baier 2008;Dölling et al 2014;Fisher et al 2020;Baier 2020) ir daugelyje kitų Europos šalių 19 .…”

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International comparison of manifestations and tendencies of registered juvenile delinquency in Lithuania

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Kalpokas²,

Buzaitytė-Kašalynienė³

et al. 2022

CrimLithuan

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In the article manifestations of registered juvenile delinquency, its‘ structure and tendencies in Lithuania are analyzed, Lithuanian indicators are also compared with the indicators of other European countries. The comparative study shows large differences in registered juvenile delinquency, which are primarily determined by different scopes of criminalization of delinquency, different intensity of formal control, as well as different rules for registering juvenile delinquency. The absolute indicators of registered juvenile criminal offences in Lithuania have been decreasing for the past two decades, and the relative indicators of registered juvenile criminal behavior have also been consistently decreasing for the last five years. 2020–2021 the number of administrative offenses committed by minors in Lithuania also decreased, which is primarily associated with restrictions in public life introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Serious violent crimes by minors, characterized by low latency, are often widely described in the media, and constitute a small part of the structure of crimes committed by minors in Lithuania, and the number of murders is consistently decreasing – in 2021 it was the smallest during the entire period of independent Lithuania – only one murder was registered. After completing this study, it can be said that the indicators of registered juvenile delinquency compared to other countries should be seen first of all as an output of the juvenile behavior control mechanisms operating in each country, which tells little about the real extent of juvenile delinquency. The minor juvenile delinquency is more latent and its rates should be first evaluated. Cases of serious delinquency are characterized by a much lower latency, but in this case too, in order to compare registered delinquency, it is necessary to simultaneously assess complex differences in criminal prosecution between countries.

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The Drop in Juvenile Delinquency in The Netherlands: Changes in Exposure to Risk and Protection

Cited by 15 publications

References 48 publications

Decline in adolescent drinking: Some possible explanations

Decline in adolescent drinking: Some possible explanations

The Long-Term Effects of the Youth Crime Prevention Program “New Perspectives” on Delinquency and Recidivism

International comparison of manifestations and tendencies of registered juvenile delinquency in Lithuania

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