An Estimate of Youth Crime in England and Wales: Police Recorded Crime Committed by Young People in 2009/10: Research Report 64

Cooper, Christine; Roe, Stephen

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“…It is known that young people are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime (Budd, Sharp, & Mayhew, 2005. A recent Home Office research report showed that young people aged 10–17 years old were responsible for 23% of police recorded crime in 2009/10, which is equivalent to 1.01 Million crimes (Cooper & Roe, 2012). Furthermore, 20% of these crimes were sexual and were likely to involve cooffending (Cooper & Roe, 2012).…”

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“…A recent Home Office research report showed that young people aged 10–17 years old were responsible for 23% of police recorded crime in 2009/10, which is equivalent to 1.01 Million crimes (Cooper & Roe, 2012). Furthermore, 20% of these crimes were sexual and were likely to involve cooffending (Cooper & Roe, 2012). It is also known from victim surveys, meta‐analyses, and official reports that the prevalence of sexually abusive behavior by children and young people is between 20% and 50% of all CSA (Brooks‐Gordon, Bilby, & Wells, 2006; Davis & Leitenberg, 1987; Home Office 2003; Lovell, 2002; Vizard, Monck, & Misch, 1995).…”

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“…The majority of these young sexual perpetrators are male (19%) compared with girls (1%) (Cooper & Roe, 2012). Many are siblings, extended family members, or peers of the perpetrator (Anderson et al., 1993; Halperin et al., 1996; Radford et al., 2011; Richardson, Graham, Bhate, & Kelly, 1995; Vizard et al., 1995).…”

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Practitioner Review: The victims and juvenile perpetrators of child sexual abuse – assessment and intervention

Vizard

2013

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Victims and perpetrators of CSA present challenges and opportunities for professional intervention. Their complex presentations mean that their needs should be met by highly trained staff. However, their youth and developmental immaturity also give an opportunity to nip problem symptoms and behaviors in the bud. The key is in the earliest possible intervention with both groups. Future research should focus on long-term adult outcomes for both child victims and children who perpetrate CSA. Adult outcomes of treated children could identify problems and/or strengths in parenting the next generation and also the persistence and/or desistence of sexualized or abusive behavior.

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Vizard

2013

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“…Adolescents are currently estimated to commit around 23% of all police-recorded crime in England and Wales but account for less than 10% of the population. 27 There have been a number of influential longitudinal studies that have tried to identify the developmental correlates of delinquency. 28,29 One of the best know was the Cambridge Study of Delinquent Development that studied 411 boys from childhood to age 40, where 40% were convicted of at least one criminal offence by age 32.…”

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“…This observation led to the identification of two patterns of offending: (i) persistent life-course offenders, such as the 6% subgroup group identified in the Cambridge study; and (ii) late-onset offenders, whose criminal behaviour started during adolescence and desisted around early adulthood. 31,32 Early onset offenders have been differentiated from their late-onset peers by exhibiting heightened impulsivity, 33 neuropsychological and temperamental deficits 27 and structural brain abnormalities. 34 Men whose mothers had experienced severe prenatal nutritional deficiency during the first and/or second trimesters of pregnancy exhibited an increased risk for antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) (adjusted odds ratio 2.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5–4.2).…”

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2013

Nutr Health

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Adolescence is often associated with exploring boundaries, rapid growth, hormones and pimples. A stable feature of this turbulent age is that these young people are highly over-represented in the criminal justice system. Adolescents account for disproportionate proportion of police-recorded crimes, and this seems to be a cross-cultural phenomenon. Furthermore, disaffected young people often have limited routine access to healthy foods and make poor food choices. These people form a large proportion of the prison population and there are concerns that insufficient attention is paid to their health. Hence their diet tends to be poor compared with international standards of dietary adequacy, which typically are set to protect the heart but not for optimal brain function. Thus, it has been posited that a poor diet may be a modifiable causal factor in antisocial behaviours. We tested what happened to the behaviour of violent young adult prisoners (18-21years) when nutrients missing from their diets were reinstated. We used food supplements as an analogue of a better diet because it provided the possibility of a placebo control. On a random basis, where neither the volunteers, prison staff nor researchers in the prison knew who was getting which type, 231 volunteers were given either placebo or real capsules containing broadly the daily requirements of vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids. The number of proven offences committed by each prisoner was monitored before and while taking supplements. The result was that those who received the extra nutrients committed significantly (26.3%) fewer offences compared with placebos. Those consuming real supplements for at least 2 weeks committed 37% fewer (highly statistically significant) of the most serious offences, such as violence. These findings have been replicated by the Dutch Ministry of Justice; their double-blind study reported a 48% difference between groups. If these studies are widely replicated -and they need to be -we may have a simple and humane means to help reduce and prevent a significant proportion of violence and antisocial behaviour. This should also work in the community, because it is not about where you eat but what you eat. Indeed, criminal justice systems are often over-represented with ethnic minorities, but providing a more nutritious diet is never going to be discriminatory to these young people. The only risk is better health. KeywordsViolence; nutrition; brain Reprints and permission: sagepub.co The nutritional ascent of manNo species can flourish without food and water. This global necessity highlights vast inequalities. Many of the world's population starve while at the same time we are witnessing an epidemic of obesity. Good nutrition is considered to be essential to our physical wellbeing. It is widely accepted as a major factor in the prevention of chronic disease. The tragic consequences of malnutrition include death, disability, and stunted mental and physical growth. 1 This may be the visible tip of an iceberg and, to ex...

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An Estimate of Youth Crime in England and Wales: Police Recorded Crime Committed by Young People in 2009/10: Research Report 64

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Practitioner Review: The victims and juvenile perpetrators of child sexual abuse – assessment and intervention

Practitioner Review: The victims and juvenile perpetrators of child sexual abuse – assessment and intervention

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