Research has suggested that involvement in offending can contribute to subsequent mental
health problems, although the processes through which offending influences adverse …

Although a long line of research has examined the association between mental health and
offending, previous literature primarily focused on the uni-directional path from mental health …

There is a well-established relationship between child maltreatment and delinquency,
indicating that maltreated youth are at a heightened risk for later delinquency. However, the …

Juvenile offenders are at risk for involvement in both fighting behavior and peer
victimization. Understanding the potential causal mechanisms leading to these outcomes is …

Meta-analyses have provided major findings about developmental predictors of offending.
However, there has been little focus on their relative ability to predict offending behaviour …

The family serves as the primary socializing institution and a key predictor for the
involvement of deviant activities for youths. Social bonds between parent and child serve …

Some criminologists have focused on understanding the role of childhood experiences on
an individual's likelihood of offending during adulthood. Although research has consistently …

Juvenile offenders represent a population with reportedly high prevalence rates of a history
of child maltreatment, disturbed parental relationships and psychiatric symptoms, yet little is …

Parental behaviors may shape levels of psychopathic traits and antisocial outcomes among
youth. To better evaluate the potential causality of these associations, we used eight follow …

This research examined similarities and differences in gender regarding social aggression,
criminal assault, depression, and familial factors. The participants were 251 youth offenders …