Criminal Behavior and Psychosocial Risk Factors in Brazilian Adolescent Offenders

An Exploratory Latent Class Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15513634
AutoresLaís Sette Galinari (0000-0001-9959-2314, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto, autor de correspondencia), Marina Rezende Bazon (0000-0002-8037-8710, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto)
Año2021
Volumen18
Número19
Páginas10509-10509
Fecha de publicación2021-10-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph181910509
PMID34639808
OpenAlexW3201674713
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas31

Considering that adolescent offenders are quite a heterogeneous group in terms of behavioral and psychosocial variables, it is considered that a typological approach can assist in the systematization of these differences, aiming at a better understanding of the phenomenon and at clearer guidance in terms of interventions. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the behavioral and psychosocial profiles of male adolescent offenders, based on empirical data collected in a Brazilian sociocultural context. The profiles were made with a sample of 400 adolescent offenders to perform an exploratory latent classes analysis. The instruments used in data collection were the Youth Behavior Questionnaire (Questionário de Comportamentos Juvenis, QCJ) and the Brazilian Jesness Inventory-Revised (Inventário Jesness-Revisado-Brasileiro, IJ-R-Br). The most appropriate model was that of four classes, with the profiles found indicating differences between the adolescent offenders both in relation to psychological functioning and criminal pattern, as well as the psychosocial risk/protective factors associated with each of the profiles. These findings, in addition to contributing to understanding the phenomenon, may help to reflect on the assessments required to assist in judicial decision-making processes and the customized proposal of psychosocial interventions

Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Latent class model · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Clinical Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Psychology