Some observations on the link between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency
| Autor: | William D. Rich, Ingo Keilitz, Paul K. Broder, Joel Zimmerman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
Social Psychology education Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Developmental psychology Learning disability Injury prevention medicine Juvenile delinquency Juvenile medicine.symptom Psychology Law Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Criminal Justice. 9:1-17 |
| ISSN: | 0047-2352 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0047-2352(81)90047-7 |
| Popis: | In order to test the hypothesis that learning disabilities are related to juvenile delinquency, a sample of 1,005 public school and 687 adjudicated juvenile delinquent youths (ages 12 to 17) reported about delinquent behaviors in which they had engaged. The youths' educational records were screened, and, if the presence of learning disabilities could not be discounted, the children were given a series of tests. Every child was classified as either learning disabled or not. The results indicated that proportionately more adjudicated delinquent children than public school children were learning disabled. Self-report data, however, showed no differences in delinquent behaviors engaged in by learning-disabled and non-learning-disabled children, within either the adjudicated or public school samples. Public school children who have learning disabilities reported that they were picked up by the police at about the same rate as non-learning-disabled children, and engaged in about the same delinquent behaviors. Charges for which learning-disabled and non-learning-disabled adjudicated delinquents were convicted followed the same general patterns. In light of these findings, it was proposed that the greater proportion of learning-disabled youth among adjudicated juvenile delinquents may be accounted for by differences in the way such children are treated within the juvenile justice system, rather than by differences in their delinquent behaviors. |
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