Self-control stability and change for incarcerated juvenile offenders

Hay, Carter; Widdowson, Alex O.; Young, Brae

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.08.008

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“…For the majority of individuals, the trajectories showed decreases in risk over time, or a low stable pattern, with only a minority belonging to a high (stable) group. These findings are more consistent with previous studies of the effects of intervention in delinquent youth, which reported larger percentages of individuals showing improvements in self-control (Hay et al, 2018; Zhou et al, 2018), but not consistent with studies on changes with treatment in adult populations (Malouf et al, 2017; Mitchell & MacKenzie, 2006). The use of clinical rather than self-reported self-control may explain some differences with other studies.…”

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“…The use of clinical rather than self-reported self-control may explain some differences with other studies. However, because one study in an adolescent sample did find differences using a self-report measure (Hay et al, 2018), it seems the discrepancy is more likely due to the type of treatment rather than the assessment method.…”

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“…Such knowledge would be invaluable to improve risk assessment and risk prediction based on changes in levels of self-control. One study found improvement in self-control in 79% of youth (Hay, Widdowson, & Young, 2018), whereas the other found 30% of youth improved in a clinically significant way (Zhou, Gan, Hoo, Chong, & Chu, 2018). These studies also indicated that self-control was related to better adjustment (Hay et al, 2018) and less aggression, and that high change scores predicted a lower rate of reoffending (Zhou et al, 2018).…”

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Trajectories of Self-control in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample: Stability and Association with Psychopathology, Criminal History, and Recidivism

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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The current study examined trajectories of two indicators of self-control-impulsivity and coping skills-in 317 forensic psychiatric patients, as well as associations with psychopathology, crime, and recidivism. Violent recidivism was positively associated with coping skills at admission to the clinic and with impulsivity at discharge. Only a small correlation was found between self-control and criminal history, and there was no association with psychopathology. We found multiple trajectories of self-control using Latent Class Growth Models: more than 89% improving over time. In addition, patients with Cluster C personality disorders showed greater improvement in coping skills. Patients showing less improvement in impulsivity had greater rates of crime and recidivism. We conclude that self-control can be influenced by interventions or treatment, and that both starting values and trajectories of self-control provide valuable information. Interestingly, the associations between selfcontrol and psychopathology, crime and recidivism were not as strong as reported in other populations.

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Trajectories of Self-control in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample: Stability and Association with Psychopathology, Criminal History, and Recidivism

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“…Identifying and addressing at-risk youth early in the life course is difficult and involves a large number of false positives with individuals who display early-onset risk factors but do not become chronic offenders. Moreover, even though self-control has been purported to be immutable after a certain age (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990), with research supporting the relative stability hypothesis (Barnes et al, 2017), research has suggested that increases in self-control are possible for incarcerated youth (e.g., Hay et al, 2018). Given that the causes of juvenile delinquency are a product of several causal factors working in concert, any treatment approach should be constructed accordingly.…”

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Toward Integrated Processual Theories of Crime: Assessing the Developmental Effects of Executive Function, Self-Control, and Decision-Making on Offending

Altikriti

2020

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Research on executive function indicates that self-control stems partially from normative brain development. Extant research has also provided evidence of an association between self-control and offender decision-making. Yet, to date, there has been no attempt to account for these associations within one model. The current study used structural equation modeling to estimate the links between executive function, self-control, moral disengagement, and perceptions of risk and reward in a sample of male offenders ( n = 1,170) from the Pathways to Desistance data. The results indicated that executive function affects self-control, which subsequently influences perceptions of offending and offending behavior, supporting the integration of these concepts under one processual model. Moreover, moral disengagement, certainty of punishment, and rewards of offending mediated the majority of the effects of self-control on offending. The results from the current study advance theories in the life-course/developmental perspective and inform policy toward a developmentally oriented juvenile justice system.

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“…The evidence is abundantly clear that self-control is relevant across multiple domains of the life-course, many of which are crucial for successful functioning in social and cultural life. With respect to juveniles who have engaged in delinquency and crime specifically, recent work has shown that programming in detention can improve self-control, and those improvements are associated with better behavioral outcomes (Hay, Widdowson, & Young, 2018). The evidence about programs that attempt to modify and improve self-control, although nascent, reveals encouraging effects stemming from methodologically rigorous studies of children and adolescents.…”

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Changing self‐control: Promising efforts and a way forward

Rocque

2020

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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Researchers have long known that self-control, or impulse control, is important for a variety of life outcomes, including health, education, and behavior. In criminology, the most popular perspective on self-control argues that it is a multidimensional trait that is relatively stable after about age 8. Some work, however, has shown that in fact, self-control may not be as stable as originally thought. This article examines the evidence on interventions seeking to enhance self-control and subsequently to reduce delinquent or criminal behavior. The evidence is growing but still in need of development. Implications for future research and practice are discussed in the conclusion.

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Self-control stability and change for incarcerated juvenile offenders

Cited by 22 publications

References 39 publications

Trajectories of Self-control in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample: Stability and Association with Psychopathology, Criminal History, and Recidivism

Trajectories of Self-control in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample: Stability and Association with Psychopathology, Criminal History, and Recidivism

Toward Integrated Processual Theories of Crime: Assessing the Developmental Effects of Executive Function, Self-Control, and Decision-Making on Offending

Changing self‐control: Promising efforts and a way forward

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