Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been found to be more
prevalent among youth involved with the criminal justice system compared to their …

La delincuencia juvenil implica la concreción de conductas tipificadas como delito según un
marco legal, por una población exenta de responsabilidades jurídicas plenas. Dados los …

The association between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and criminality has
been increasingly recognized as an important societal concern. Studies conducted in …

This book offers a clear, up-to-date, comprehensive, and theoretically informed introduction
to criminal psychology, exploring how psychological explanations and approaches can be …

The MacDonald triad posits that animal cruelty, fire setting, and bed wetting in childhood is
indicative of later aggressive and violent behavior in adults. Researchers refer to this …

Juveniles are overrepresented among arson offenders, though previous research has been
mixed in identifying key risk factors differentiating juvenile firesetters from youth who do not …

Limited research has explored differences between child and adolescent's who set fires. The
current study sought to investigate age differences in firesetting-related risk factors …

Youth firesetting is an enduring problem that results in significant economic and personal
harm. Fire safety education (FSE) is the most commonly provided intervention for youth …

Youth misuse of fire is a substantive community concern. Despite evidence which indicates
youths account for a significant proportion of all deliberately lit fires within Australia, an …

Within the Christchurch Health and Development Study (N= 1,265), we examine the
prevalence and continuity of firesetting across the life course and explore whether …