Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Childhood and Criminal Justice System Involvement in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Pilot Results Among Puerto Rican Youth

2017

C. Mayo, 2017.

 

 

 

Castillo, M. (2016). Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Childhood and Criminal Justice System Involvement in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Pilot Results Among Puerto Rican Youth. CUNY Academic Works.

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Data were examined from an exploratory pilot study that investigated the relationship between the presence of Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBD) in childhood and arrest during adolescence and emerging adulthood in a community sample of Puerto Rican children who were living in the South Bronx, NYC (N=162) when first recruited. Youths who had DBD in childhood were expected to be at greater risk for arrest, to be of younger age at the time of the first arrest, and to have had higher numbers of arrests compared to youths who did not have DBD in childhood. Statistically significant associations were found between youth having DBD in childhood and arrest during adolescence and emerging adulthood, compared to two groups of DBD negative youths: Siblings and Controls. However, there were no significant differences between DBD and non-DBD groups in age at the time of the first arrest or in the number of arrests. Gender differences were also observed in regard to likelihood of arrest, with males having higher rates of criminal justice involvement compared to females, but there were no gender differences in age of first arrest or number of times arrested.

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