Criminal Offending and Learning Disabilities in New Zealand Youth: Does Reading Comprehension Predict Recidivism?

Autor/inn/en	Rucklidge, Julia J.; McLean, Anthony P.; Bateup, Paula
Titel	Criminal Offending and Learning Disabilities in New Zealand Youth: Does Reading Comprehension Predict Recidivism?
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 59 (2013) 8, S.1263-1286 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128709336945
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Delinquency; Crime; Learning Disabilities; Correlation; Intelligence Quotient; Reading Skills; Mathematics Skills; Language Skills; Oral Language; Incidence; Reading Comprehension; Recidivism; At Risk Persons; Youth; Adolescents; Predictor Variables; Questionnaires; Parents; Family Environment; New Zealand; Conners Rating Scales; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Individual Achievement Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Jugendstrafvollzug; Kriminalität; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Korrelation; Intelligenzquotient; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Vorkommen; Leseverstehen; Rückfall; Risikogruppe; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Prädiktor; Fragebogen; Eltern; Familienmilieu; Neuseeland; WIAT; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest
Abstract	Sixty youth (16-19 years) from two youth prison sites participate in a prospective study examining criminal offending and learning disabilities (LD), completing measures of estimated IQ, attention, reading, and mathematical and oral language abilities. Prevalence rates of LDs exceed those of international studies, with 91.67% of the offenders showing significant difficulties in at least one area of achievement (defined as 1 SD or more below the normative mean), the mean reading comprehension score falling at the 4th percentile. Four years post assessment, recidivism rates among released youth (n = 51) are investigated. After the investigators control for other known risk factors (including delinquency and estimated IQ), reading comprehension predicts future offending across measures, capturing rate, seriousness, and persistence of offending post release. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10