Juvenile offending

Question 1

Name the types of juvenile offenders.

Answer 1

youth at risk, first offenders, habitual offenders and multiple offenders.

Question 2

What are important factors in juvenile risk assessment?

Answer 2

1. individual risk factors: social factors, cognitive factors, emotional factors and biological factors.
2. familial risk factors: parenting styles, parent psychopathology, attachment, domestic violence, sibling delinquency, presence of parents.
3. extra familial risk factors: poverty, social exclusion, education environment, academic failure, low intelligence.

Question 3

What are juvenile protective factors?

Answer 3

1. individual factors: low impulsivity, easy temperament, low ADHD, anxiety and shyness, high heart rate.
2. familial factors: close relationships, parental supervision, low physical punishment, parental disapproval, above average SES.
3. extra familial factors: school achievement, bonding to school, work motivation, support and supervision teachers, positive climate and clear rules, non-deviant friends, religious activities, temporary isolation.

Question 4

Name the important factors of the SAVRY.

Answer 4

Structured assessment of violence risk in youth.

• structured professional judgement.
• youth 12 - 18, gender specific coding.
• systematic, empirically grounded, developmentally informed, treatment oriented, flexible and practical.
• historical factors, contextual factors, individual factors and protective factors. [static and dynamic]

Question 5

Name the important factors of the SAPROF-YV

Answer 5

Structured assessment of protective factors: youth.

• Resilience, motivational, relational and external factors. [vs motivational, relational and external]
• always used in combination with a risk assessment tool.

Question 6

Name the important factors of the VRS-YV

Answer 6

Violence risk scale - youth version.

• based on measures for adults.
• based on the RNR model.
• 4 static items, 19 dynamic items.
• aims to broaden; include female risk.

Question 7

Name the important factors of the Child Behaviour Checklist.

Answer 7

measures behavioural and emotional problems in children and adolescents [6-18].

8 psychopathology scales: withdrawn, anxious, thought problems, rule breaking behaviour, somatic complaints, social problems, attention problems, aggressive behaviour.

• CBCL dysregulation profile.
• CBCL profile is heritable.
• CBCL can predict axis-I disorders.