Pathways to violent and non-violent criminality in an adolescent psychiatric population.
In a Norwegian follow-up study of former adolescent psychiatric in-patients 222 patients who had committed violent crimes were compared to 287 patients who had committed non-violent crimes only. There were numerous significant differences between the criminal careers of violent and non-violent criminals. Individuals with a history of violent criminality only were uncommon and uncharacteristic of violent criminals in general. Regression analyses identified several strong and independent correlates of violent criminality. The study supported a division of antisocial behavior into violent and non-violent sub-groups, thus paralleling a concept of overt and covert pathways to delinquent behavior. The overt pathway seemed to be imbedded in the covert pathway.
Kjelsberg
Ellen
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Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Box 26 Vinderen, N-0319 Oslo, Norway. ellen.kjelsberg@psykiatri.uio.no
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*