Risk and Protective Factors for Delinquency

Teacher-Student Relationships in Childhood as a Protective Factor against Adolescent Delinquency up to Age 17: A Propensity Score Matching Approach

“…Second, the possibility always remains that despite the large number of covariates (105) that we used in the matching process there are additional unmeasured confounds impacting results. For instance, a recent review of juvenile delinquency ( Kennedy et al, 2020 ) has identified a set of different neighborhood characteristics as additional risk and protective factors. In our study we did not account for any neighborhood characteristic, thus their influence should be explored in future research.…”

The High Rates of Comorbidity among Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Reconsidering the Clinical Utility of Distinct Diagnostic Categories

“…Various contemporary theoretical approaches attempted to identify the possible reasons why adolescents with learning disabilities may often exhibit delinquent behavior and issues with justice [ 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 ]. Four of the most dominant of these theoretical approaches are as follows: (a) The School Failure Hypothesis, according to which learning disabilities lead to poor academic performance, and consequently, this leads to the negative treatment of young people by parents, teachers, and peers.…”

Editorial: Rethinking Juvenile Recidivism: Towards a More Holistic View of Success

“…Most juveniles are not incarcerated for their offenses, and, in part, due to the de-institutionalization of status offenders, they are diverted or sentenced to probation and/or community sanctions (Kennedy et al, 2020 ; Puzzanchera et al, 2022 ). Researchers have begun to account for the unique risk factors for recidivism depending on the placement for youth involved with the legal system.…”