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28 Cards in this Set
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Juvenile Deliquency |
Behavior against the criminal code committed by an individual who has not reached adulthood |
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Child Deliquents |
children ages 7-12 years old who have committed a juvenile act |
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Social Deliquency |
Inappropriate youthful behvaior *May not be known to police* *May be referred to diversion/ social services* * May be processed through Juvenile justice*
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Conduct Disorder |
Group of Behaviors that are considered deviant- *may or may not have been arrested*
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Antisocial behavior |
Habitual Misbehavior- deviant acts against others
*Distinguishable from anti personality disorder in adults* |
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Categories of juvenile offending |
Unlawful acts against persons Unlawful acts against property Drug offenses Public nusiance/ Public order Status offenses |
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Serious deliquent |
small % of offenders commit majority of delinquent crimes Not taken very seriously by law enforcement Problems in school |
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Violent Delinquent offenders |
boys outnumber girls but the gap is closing |
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Girl Violence includes |
Peer violence Violence in schools violence in disadvantaged neighborhoods Gangs Family violence
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Evidence of developmental delinquency |
there is sufficient evidence that persistent delinquency and crime patterns begin early and worsen with age, |
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Terrie Moffit's developmental theory |
Life course persistent offenders adolescent-limited offenders *studied mostly males* |
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life course persistent |
carreer criminals- 98% males -antisocial, ADHD, Problem solving deficiencies, Aggressive -Exhibit neurological problems- |
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Adolescent Limited offenders |
criminal behavior begins curing late adolescence and continues after reaching adulthood (26yrs).
No neurological problems, above average academic skills and social skills. Independent |
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Coercion Development Theory |
Family environment is a key predictor of delinquency Coercion-use of temper tantrums, whining- to escape discipline. Antisocial to both parents and then peers
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Coercion Development Theory Early onset vs late onset |
Early onset- Inept parenting, starts in preschool Late Onset- Starts in mid adolescence, not as inept parentinhallous C |
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Callous Unemotional trait theory
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severe antisocial behavior
Cluster of traits 1 lack of empathy. 2 limited capacity for guilt 3 poverty of emotional aggression |
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Posession of cluster of traits can be indicative of: |
aggression and psychopathy |
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Successful treatment programs |
Start early-age 8 Follow developmental principles Focus on multiple settings and systems Respect cultural backgrounds Family First
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Family Factors in deliquency |
Closeness Supervision Interaction |
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Primary (Universal) Prevention
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Proactive prevention (before age 7)- focus on large groups of children
-Antibullying programs, Resilience training |
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Selective (secondary) prevention |
Work with delinquents to develop social skills and solve problems Isolates and labels kids as delinquents Diversion, Perry preschool project |
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Treatment (Tertiary) prevention |
interventions, programs to reduce serious, habitual delinquency/ antisocial behavior |
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Treatment options |
Residential Nontraditonal / community MST |
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Residential |
rehabilitation centers/ training schools- incarceration for period of time while being treated |
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Nontraditonal/ community |
bootcamps-short term, quasimilitary styke program Short term results looked promising but long term effectiveness was not evident
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Multisystemic therapy |
addresses the multi-determined nature of antisocial behavior in adolescents at individual, peer, school and community levels. Major focus is on family-strengthen family ties, alter parenting styles. |
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Status Offenders link to adulthood |
Repeat status offenders often continue on to criminal behavior as adults.
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Most common status offense |
running away *girls likely to run away because of home victimization* |
