Criminal Behavior and Mental Health Problems among Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study and Description of Prevention Policy in Sweden

Källmén, Håkan; Israelsson, Magnus; Wennberg, Peter; Berman, Anne H.

doi:10.1080/0731129x.2023.2241765

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“…The environment can contribute to or reduce the occurrence of crime. It is noted that if more than half of the peers in the adolescent environment are criminals, the chances that they will also commit a crime increase 6 times for girls and 8 times for boys (Källmen et al, 2023). However, if adolescents have family support and a positive school environment, this has long-term benefits in reducing antisocial and criminal behaviour (Stevens, 2018).…”

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“…Juveniles commit half of crimes as part of a group, which proves the group nature of criminal behaviour. Juveniles always tend to join a reference group where they can take their place and be a member of a certain association (Källmen et al, 2023). This gives them a sense of power and permissiveness, which makes juvenile criminal groups particularly dangerous (Martín et al, 2022).…”

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Effectiveness of Special Juvenile Crime Prevention Programmes

2024

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The aim of the study is to identify the effectiveness of juvenile crime prevention programmes. After the introduction of the juvenile crime prevention programme into the educational process, aggressiveness (p≤0.01) and conflict (p≤0.01), propensity to break norms (p≤0.001), addictive behaviour (p≤0.01), selfdestructive behaviour (p≤0.01), to aggression (p≤0.05), delinquent behaviour (p≤0.001) decreased among juveniles, while volitional control increased (p≤0.05). Much fewer juveniles are the initiators of bullying (p≤0.001) and their assistants (p≤0.01). The study showed that a certain part of the surveyed juveniles are prone to criminal behaviour; however, it was proved that special programmes are effective in preventing it. A decrease in delinquent behaviour, manifestations of bullying, aggressiveness, and proneness to conflict was found after the participation of the juveniles in the programme. The obtained results are useful for the implementation in educational institutions to prevent juvenile offences.

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