Dark Triad: Associations with juvenile delinquency, conduct disorder and trauma

Causes of Conduct Disorder and Juvenile Delinquency

The relationship of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder to juvenile delinquency: legal implications.

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) are both disorders of childhood and adolescence that all too frequently extend into adulthood. But just what is the relationship between these two disorders? This study explores the overlap between these two disorders as they relate to juvenile delinquency; both are significant risk factors for the development of antisoci...

Juvenile delinquency and adolescent trauma: how strong is the connection?

OBJECTIVES To determine whether youth convicted of juvenile offenses have a greater risk of injury resulting in hospitalization compared with nonoffending adolescents. DESIGN A statewide hospital discharge database was linked to juvenile justice records to identify all hospitalizations occurring at ages 13 to 17 years for juvenile offenders and nonoffenders. SUBJECTS Juvenile offenders and ...

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Juvenile Delinquency

potentiality the mature pattern of social behaviour depends upon the pattern of behaviour established in early family relationships. Normal behaviour presupposes that the child in the home should have met firstly with stable and secure affection. This is a biological need without which he cannot develop normally. In its absence, relative or, rarely, complete, he will be liable to a wide variety...