Neuropsychological Tests Predicting Persistent Male Delinquency

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ID9680348
AuthorsTerrie E Moffitt (0000-0002-8589-6760, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Donald R Lynam (0000-0001-8306-498X, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Phil A Silva (0000-0002-5930-7424, University of Otago)
Year1994
Volume32
Issue2
Pages277-300
Publication date1994-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCriminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.1994.tb01155.x
OpenAlexW2019636347
LanguageEN
Citations received59
References cited29

This article reports the first longitudinal evidence that prospective measures of neuropsychological status predict antisocial outcomes. We studied data for a birth cohort of several hundred New Zealand males from age 13 to age 18. Age‐13 neuropsychological scores predicted later delinquency measured via multiple sources: police, courts, and self‐report. Poor neuropsychological scores were associated with early onset of delinquency. The results fit our predictions about two trajectories of delinquent involvement: (1) Poor neuropsychological status predicted specifically male offending that began before age 13 and persisted at high levels thereafter. (2) By contrast, in this sample neuropsychological status was unrelated to delinquency that began in adolescence

Cognition · Developmental psychology · Juvenile delinquency · Longitudinal study · Neuropsychology · Psychiatry · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

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