Citation

Lewis DO, Lovely R, Yeager C, Della Femina D. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 1989; 28(3): 431-436.

Comment In:

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1990;29(1):150-1

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

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PMID

2633768

Abstract

The results of a follow-up study of 95 formerly incarcerated delinquents are reported. Adult F.B.I. and state police records were used. All but six of the subjects had adult criminal records. The average number of adult offenses was 11.58. Juvenile violence alone did not distinguish well between those who would and would not go on to adult violent crime. Seventy-seven percent of the more violent juveniles and 61% of the less violent juveniles committed adult aggressive offenses. The interaction of intrinsic vulnerabilities (cognitive, psychiatric, and neurological) and a history of abuse and/or family violence was a better predictor of adult violent crime.

Language: en