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https://hdl.handle.net/10316/47471| Title: | Age of Crime Onset and Psychopathic Traits in Female Juvenile Delinquents | Authors: | Pechorro, Pedro Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa Marôco, João Nunes, Cristina Jesus, Saúl Neves |
Keywords: | Adolescent; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Crime; Female; Humans; Juvenile Delinquency; Personality Inventory; Portugal; Prisoners; Psychometrics; Statistics as Topic; Age of Onset | Issue Date: | 2013 | Serial title, monograph or event: | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology | Volume: | 58 | Issue: | 9 | Abstract: | The aim of this study was to analyze the role of psychopathic traits in the age of crime onset of female juvenile delinquents. Using a sample of 132 young females from the Juvenile Detention Centers of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice and from schools in the Lisbon region, a group of early crime onset (n = 44), a group of late crime onset (n = 44), and a nondelinquent school group (n = 44) were formed. Results showed that early crime onset participants score higher on psychopathy measures, self-reported delinquency, and crime seriousness than late crime onset participants and school participants. Psychopathic-traits scores were significantly associated with age of crime onset, age at first trouble with the law, and frequency and seriousness of crime. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/47471 | DOI: | 10.1177/0306624X13489864 | Rights: | openAccess |
| Appears in Collections: | I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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