Juvenile Delinquency in Ghana: A Comparative Analysis of Delinquents and Non-Delinquents

Health of juvenile delinquents.

Intermediate treatment centres were established in 1969 to enable delinquent adolescents to remain within their communities under supervision, avoiding the imposition of a custodial sentence.' This study compares the physical health of a group of delinquent boys who attended Parkway, an intermediate treatment centre in a deprived inner city area, with that of non-delinquents. Subjects, methods ...

Autism in adult and juvenile delinquents: a literature review

BACKGROUND Here we present an overview of the literature on autism in adult and juvenile delinquents. We analyzed both the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in groups of delinquents and the prevalence of offending in people with ASD. There is a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders amongst people in custody, but there is disagreement about the prevalence of ASD in this population...

Mortality in a group of formerly incarcerated juvenile delinquents.

A 7-year follow-up study of formerly incarcerated delinquents revealed an extremely high mortality rate. Of 118 male and female subjects, seven had died before their 25th birthdays, making the mortality rate of the sample approximately 58 times the national average for individuals in their age group. All died violent deaths, making the violent death rate of the sample approximately 76 times the...

Mental Types of Juvenile Delinquents Considered in Relation to Treatment

Comparison between the Personality Dimensions of Delinquents and Non-Delinquents of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan

This study was an attempt to find out the comparison between the personality dimensions of delinquents and non delinquents of Khyber Pukhtonkhwa (KPK). Eysenck personality Questionnaire (junior) (Urdu Version 2007) was administered on the sample of 400 (Delinquents = 200, non-delinquents = 200). Delinquents were the inmates in different jails of KPK while non-delinquents were the students of di...