Emerging as one of the most significant health issues facing American youth today, child and adolescent exposure to community violence has generated much interest across multiple disciplines. Most research to date has focused on documenting the prevalence of community violence and the emotional and behav...
This systematic review and meta-analysis provides a synthesis of studies examining the prevalence of multiple forms of sexting behavior, analyzed by age,
The results not only provide insight into the existence of an age-related sliding scale of culpability (i.e., a 'youth discount'), but also the extent to which age mitigates, or negates, the effect of race/ethnicity at four decision-making stages in the juvenile justice system. ...
Adolescence and young adulthood is a notable period of risk for sexual assault, with more than half of all rape victims experience their first rape before the age of 18. Whereas many who experience this form of violence exhibit marked resilience, adolescent sexual assault is notably associated wit...
Taylor & Francis Online :: Criminal victimization and low self-control: An extension and test of a general theory of crime - Justice Quarterly - Volume 16,... In this paper I theorize that low self-control is a reason why offenders are at high risk of being victims of crime. I reformul...
In recent decades, the Government of Liberia (GOL) and international partners have prioritized combatting child sexual abuse, including illicit and harmful
Introduction The study examines age-crime prevalence and age-crime frequency curves based on longitudinal data from boys in the Pittsburgh Youth Study and girls in the Pittsburgh Girls Study. Results Results show that the prevalence of the age-crime curve for theft and violence (based on self-rep...
This report presents descriptive information about the prevalence and quality of implementation of research-based programs from the Study of the Implementation of Research-Based Programs to Prevent Youth Substance Abuse and School Crime. The study found that, while schools reported implementing a large ...
Initially motivated by findings of clinical symptoms of ADHD in adults with minimal brain dysfunction,1 prospective studies of childhood samples2,3 and reports of increased ADHD symptoms in parents of youth with ADHD4 have provided converging evidence regarding the continuity of ADHD into adulthood. ...
Also, the use of drugs by youth as a means of consolation, rebellion, excitement, independence, belonging to a referent group, and a symbol of maturity is common [44]. The present study results did not show significant differences between drug-addicted students and those who were not addicted...