Historique
Périodique
A classification of high-risk youths
(Une classification des jeunes à haut-risque)
Auteur(s) :
DEMBO, R. ;
SCHMEIDLER, J.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
201-230
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
36
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
JEUNE
;
POPULATION A RISQUE
;
ARRESTATION
;
CONSOMMATION
;
DELINQUANCE
;
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIE
;
CLASSIFICATION
Note générale :
Crime and Delinquency, 2003, 49, (2), 201-230
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The authors report the results of developing and evaluating a classification of 315 arrested youths processed at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center in Tampa, Florida. Cluster analysis of summary measures of nine baseline alcohol/other drug use and self reported delinquency variables identified four groups of youths: (a) low-level delinquents and drug users, (b) high-level delinquents, (c) hair-test-identified marijuana and cocaine users, and (d) self-reported drug users. The validity of the typology was assessed by comparing the clusters of youths on their (a) educational experiences; (b) delinquency referral history; (c) neglect, abuse, and family problem history; (d) close friends' problem behavior: and, of particular interest, given the focus of the analyses, (e) emotional/psychological functioning arid mental health and substance abuse treatment history. The findings indicate the youths were experiencing overlapping delinquency, alcohol/other drug use, and emotional/psychological problems. The concurrence of these problems among youths entering the juvenile justice system extends findings of their co-occurrence reported in studies of incarcerated youths. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept Criminol., Univ. S. Florida
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.