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TY - JOUR
T1 - An upbringing to violence?
T2 - identifying the likelihood of violent crime among the 1966 birth cohort in Denmark.
AU - Christoffersen, Mogens Nygaard;
AU - Francis, Brian
AU - Soothill, Keith
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Why do some boys develop into troublesome youths who eventually get sentenced for violent crimes? In planning a strategy to fight violent crime, it is important to identify significant risk factors for violent criminal behaviour among adolescents and young men. In this study information from population-based registers covers various aspects both for children, aged between 15 and 27 years, and their parents: health (mental and physical), education, social networks, family violence, self-destructive behaviour, parental alcohol or drug abuse, and unemployment. First-time convicted offenders have an increased risk of coming from seriously disadvantaged families; they also seem to be characterized by unstable education and employment records (e.g. not graduating, no vocational training), occasional work, or long-term unemployment.
AB - Why do some boys develop into troublesome youths who eventually get sentenced for violent crimes? In planning a strategy to fight violent crime, it is important to identify significant risk factors for violent criminal behaviour among adolescents and young men. In this study information from population-based registers covers various aspects both for children, aged between 15 and 27 years, and their parents: health (mental and physical), education, social networks, family violence, self-destructive behaviour, parental alcohol or drug abuse, and unemployment. First-time convicted offenders have an increased risk of coming from seriously disadvantaged families; they also seem to be characterized by unstable education and employment records (e.g. not graduating, no vocational training), occasional work, or long-term unemployment.
KW - Youth Unemployment
KW - Vocational Training
KW - Family Violence
KW - Alcohol Abuse
KW - Family Separation
KW - Teenage Motherhood
KW - Psychiatric Illnesses
KW - Children In Care
KW - Longitudinal Study
U2 - 10.1080/1478994031000117830
DO - 10.1080/1478994031000117830
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 367
EP - 381
JO - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
JF - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
SN - 1478-9949
IS - 2
ER -