TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Differences between risk factors for truancy and delinquency in Dutch adolescents JO - Children and youth services review A1 - van der Woude, Laurine B. A1 - van der Stouwe, Trudy A1 - Stams, Geert Jan J. M. SP - 9 EP - 14 VL - 73 IS - N2 - The present study examined differences in risk factors for truancy and delinquency. Research questions were: (1) Which risk factors are significantly different between truants and delinquents? (2) Which risk factors make the strongest distinction between truancy and delinquency? Participants were Dutch adolescents (N = 365) who received a penal sanction in the Netherlands. 83% (n = 304) of them had violated the penal law, and 17% (n = 62) received the penalty for truancy. Differences in risk factors for truancy and delinquency were found for age and parental punishment. Binary logistic regression showed that only parental punishment retained its predictive effects when controlling for other differences. Truants experienced more parental punishment than delinquent adolescents. The present study shows that addressing dysfunctional home circumstances could be more important for truants, indicating that existing interventions do not differentiate enough between truants and delinquents.

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LA - en SN - 0190-7409 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.11.028 ID - ref1 ER -