Risk and Protective Factors Related to Offending: Results from a Chinese Cohort Study

Taylor, Terrance J.; Friday, Paul C.; Ren, Xin; Weitekamp, Elmar; Kerner, Hans-Jürgen

doi:10.1177/00048658040370s102

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“…This suggests that additional risk factors unique to Chinese juvenile offenders may not be adequately captured by these tools at present [9]. Previous work with Chinese juvenile offenders, for example, suggests that although some factors protective against offending are similar to those captured by the SAVRY (e.g., strong commitment to school; strong social support) others may have unique importance for Chinese juveniles (e.g., an interest in social reform and culture) [28]. The valence of these items may not be adequately captured by existing items, derived from work with Western samples, assessing prosocial involvement.…”

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Predicting Reoffending Using the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY): A 5-Year Follow-Up Study of Male Juvenile Offenders in Hunan Province, China

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BackgroundJuvenile violent offending is a serious worldwide public health issue.ObjectiveThe study examined whether the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) can be used to predict violent reoffending in Chinese male juvenile offenders, and to determine which risk/protective domains (items) are associated with violent recidivism.MethodsA total of 246 male juvenile offenders were recruited. SAVRY domains were scored by trained raters based on file review and interviews with participants and their legal guardians. Information on further arrests, charges, or convictions for violent offences were collected from police records over a five year follow-up.ResultsOver the course of the five year follow-up periods, 63 (25.6%) juvenile offenders were re-arrested for a further violent reoffence. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analyses showed Areas Under the Curve (AUCs) ranging from 0.60 to 0.68 for the SAVRY total, risk and protective score domains. Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that 7 of the 30 SAVRY items were significantly associated with reoffending; explaining 36.2% of the variance. Backward stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis showed the independently predictive items were items 2 (‘history of non-violent offending’), 17 (‘negative attitudes’), 18 (‘risk-taking/impulsivity’), and 20 (‘anger management problems’). Together these four items explained 25.0% of the variance in reoffending.ConclusionsThe results suggested that the SAVRY can be meaningfully used to inform the development and evaluation of effective violence risk assessment and management approaches for male juvenile offenders detained in a Youth Detention Center in Hunan province, China.

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Predicting Reoffending Using the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY): A 5-Year Follow-Up Study of Male Juvenile Offenders in Hunan Province, China

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“…For girls, only parental monitoring was found to be a significant factor. Both the studies by Taylor et al [19] and Friday et al [9] indicate that fathers' expectations for youth are a significant factor in determining offending status based on data collected from the Wuhan cohort study.…”

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Juvenile delinquency and justice in contemporary China: a critical review of the literature over 15 years

Zhang

2008

Crime Law Soc Change

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The study reviews research on juvenile delinquency and justice in China since 1990. The review covers three issues that have been studied in the publications: (1) the nature and scope of China's juvenile delinquency; (2) individual, group, and institutional factors and their roles in delinquency involvement; and (3) the development of China's juvenile justice. Because Hong Kong is a special region of China and has a different social, political, and legal system, the study reviews the publications on Hong Kong's juvenile delinquency and justice in a separate section. It summarizes the findings derived from the review, analyzes and discusses the limitations of the reviewed studies, and provides prospects for future research in the area.

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“…However, research programs continue to focus almost exclusively on high-income countries. In a review of the most important longitudinal studies in criminology (Farrington & Welsh, 2007), only two were identified in LMIC: in Mauritius (Raine, Reynolds, Venables, Mednick, & Farrington, 1998) and China (Taylor, Friday, Ren, Weitekamp, & Kerner, 2004). The rest were conducted in North America (20 studies), Northern Europe (11 studies), and Australasia (4 studies).…”

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Crime and violence in Brazil: Systematic review of time trends, prevalence rates and risk factors

Murray

Cerqueira

Kahn

2013

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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Between 1980 and 2010 there were 1 million homicides in Brazil. Dramatic increases in homicide rates followed rises in inequality, more young men in the population, greater availability of firearms, and increased drug use. Nevertheless, disarmament legislation may have helped reduce homicide rates in recent years. Despite its very high rate of lethal violence, Brazil appears to have similar levels of general criminal victimization as several other Latin American and North American countries. Brazil has lower rates of drug use compared to other countries such as the United States, but the prevalence of youth drug use in Brazil has increased substantially in recent years. Since 1990, the growth of the Brazilian prison population has been enormous, resulting in the fourth largest prison population in the world. Through a systematic review of the literature, we identified 10 studies assessing the prevalence of self-reported offending in Brazil and 9 studies examining risk factors. Levels of self-reported offending seem quite high among school students in Brazil. Individual and family-level risk factors identified in Brazil are very similar to those found in high-income countries.

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Risk and Protective Factors Related to Offending: Results from a Chinese Cohort Study

Cited by 13 publications

References 23 publications

Predicting Reoffending Using the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY): A 5-Year Follow-Up Study of Male Juvenile Offenders in Hunan Province, China

Predicting Reoffending Using the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY): A 5-Year Follow-Up Study of Male Juvenile Offenders in Hunan Province, China

Juvenile delinquency and justice in contemporary China: a critical review of the literature over 15 years

Crime and violence in Brazil: Systematic review of time trends, prevalence rates and risk factors

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