ArticleJournal of child & adolescent trauma2019
The Relationship Between Trauma, Recidivism Risk, and Reoffending in Male and Female Juvenile Offenders.
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- The Impact of Positive Childhood Experiences: A Systematic Review Focused on Children and Adolescents.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder as a Risk Factor for the Development of Risky Behavior Among Adolescent Offenders: A Systematic Review.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023Pooled it
- Preventing opioid use among justice-involved youth as they transition to adulthood: leveraging safe adults (LeSA).BMC public health · 2021Trial
- Trauma Exposure as a "Driver" of Change in Mental Health Problems Among Youth with Multiple Admissions to Juvenile Detention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Violent Recidivism and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Forensic Psychiatric Patients With Impaired Intellectual Functioning.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2024Article
- Adaptation of a trauma-informed intervention to prevent opioid use among youth in the legal system.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- The Risk for Readmission to Juvenile Detention: The Role of Trauma Exposure and Trauma-related Mental Health Disorders.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties of the Trauma Checklist 2.0 and its predictive utility of felony re-offending among high-risk juvenile offenders.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
- Gender Differences in the Maltreatment-Youth Offending Relationship: A Scoping Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Article
- Old enough to offend but not to buy a hamster: the argument for raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2023Article
- The impact of childhood maltreatment on aggression, criminal risk factors, and treatment trajectories in forensic psychiatric patients.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Understanding Adolescent Girls in Custody Using the Multidimensional Inventory of Development, Sex, and Aggression (MIDSA).Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- Young female offenders and the New Zealand Youth Justice System: the need for a gender-specific response.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2021Article
- Trauma-informed sentencing of serious violent offenders: an exploration of judicial dispositions with a gendered perspective.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2021Article
- Prevalence Rates and Evolution of Psychiatric Disorders Among Incarcerated Youths in Comparison With Non-incarcerated Youths.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
Elevated rates of traumatic experience in the juvenile justice population are well established. Nevertheless, the role of trauma and its application to rehabilitation and recidivism in a criminal justice context remains hotly debated, particularly for female youth. The Risk-Need-Responsivity framework, the predominant model for risk assessment and case management in juvenile justice, does not consider trauma to be a risk factor for offending. This study examined- Posttraumatic Stress symptomology, maltreatment history, and childhood adversity - in relation to RNR risk factors for reoffending (criminogenic needs) and recidivism in a sample of female and male juvenile offenders. Rates of PTS symptomology, maltreatment, and childhood adversity were significantly higher in this sample compared to prevalence in the general population. Females were more likely to have experienced maltreatment. Several maltreatment and childhood adversity types were significantly related to criminogenic needs. PTS symptomology and adversity were not significant predictors of recidivism when entered alongside criminogenic needs; however, maltreatment was the strongest predictor of recidivism for both male and female youth in a model that included criminogenic needs. Gender did not moderate the relationship between maltreatment and recidivism. The importance of considering youths' maltreatment history in their rehabilitative care is discussed.
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