Role of Caregivers in Juvenile Recidivism
The thesis for my research focuses on the following: The rate of adolescent recidivism in antisocial conduct is closely correlated with environmental influences such as parental involvement.
Parental Monitoring
The article by LaBerge and colleagues is vital to my research since it emphasizes the role of parental monitoring in juvenile recidivism. When compared to adolescents who had never interacted with the juvenile justice system, dual framework adolescents were less inclined to commit non-violent crimes and recidivate overall (LaBerge et al., 2022). The results imply that main caregiver awareness is preventative against relapse among male juvenile courts and dual framework engaged youth (LaBerge et al., 2022). The findings highlight the need for parental supervision habit training in the juvenile justice and child welfare policies to lower teenage recidivism.
Parenting Style
The article of Wolf and Baglivio emphasizes the interconnection of parenting styles and juvenile recidivism, which is important to my research. Previous research has shown that juvenile criminals with backgrounds of mistreatment are more likely to commit crimes again and that adolescents exposed to unfavorable parenting methods are more likely to commit crimes (Wolff & Baglivio, 2017). Antisocial conduct is further exacerbated by aggressive inclinations and a hostile assessment of other people’s behavior and one’s surroundings (Wolff & Baglivio, 2017). The findings show that adverse childhood experiences have both a direct and an indirect impact on relapse, with over half of that impact working through emotional reactivity.
The Role of Environment in Juvenile Recidivism
Parental Mental Health
The article by Baglivio and colleagues is important to my research since it emphasizes the role of parental mental health in juvenile delinquency predisposition. The findings indicate that parental issues were linked to both an increased risk of receiving a formalized ADHD diagnosis in addition to an increase in children’s emotionality (Baglivio et al., 2017). Additionally, persistent offending was substantially correlated with ADHD and behavioral impairments (both intentional control and emotionality) (Baglivio et al., 2017). The targeting of interventions, considerations of primary and secondary preventive initiatives, and care plans may all benefit from these findings.
Attachment Deficit
Yoder and colleagues’ article is beneficial to my research since it shows how communication and trust influence juvenile recidivism. Few studies have looked at the ways in which attachment traits might be used to make distinctions or examined connections as a threat or protective variable, standing alone in the explanation of the offending features of young sexual offenders (Yoder et al., 2018). Decreased levels of mother trust were linked to more offenders, decreased levels of mother confidence, and elevated levels of father estrangement were linked to more non-sexual crime (Yoder et al., 2018). As a result, lower degrees of mother and peer confidence and communication were linked to more serious sexual offenses.
Religiosity and Juvenile Recidivism
Spirituality and Delinquency
Stewart and colleagues’ article is essential to my research since it shows how a group of male adolescent prisoners’ spirituality and mental health were compared to their likelihood of recidivating. Compared to mental health, adolescent spirituality has not received as much research (Stewart et al., 2019). Biblical perspective on juvenile delinquency is that it is a sin one must fight since “For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will” (Bible Hub, n.d-b). Nothing is known about the possibility that spirituality can serve as a barrier against juvenile recidivism.
Religious Morals and Recidivism
Bhutta and colleagues’ study is vital to my research since it confirms the relationship between religion and crime in a Muslim non-Western society. Furthermore, both working doctors and those in the criminal justice system have mainly avoided the subject (Bhutta et al., 2019). Religious-Moral Values and Religious Practices were factors in a regression model that helped predict parolee recidivism (Bhutta et al., 2019). According to the Bible perspective, “whoever does not love abides in death,” and wrongdoing is a lack of love (Bible Hub, n.d.-a). Nevertheless, when demographic factors were included, Religious Practices were replaced by Education and Relationship Status.
References
Baglivio, M. T., Wolff, K. T., Piquero, A. R., DeLisi, M., & Vaughn, M. G. (2017). Multiple pathways to juvenile recidivism: Examining parental drug and mental health problems, and markers of neuropsychological deficits among serious juvenile offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 44(8), 1009-1029. Web.
Bhutta, M. H., Wormith, J. S., & Zidenberg, A. M. (2019). Assessing the relationship between religiosity and recidivism among adult probationers in Pakistan. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63(5), 752-780. Web.
Bible Hub. (n.d.-a). John 3:14. Web.
Bible Hub. (n.d.-b). Philippians 2:13. Web.
LaBerge, A., Cavanagh, C., & Cauffman, E. (2022). Juvenile justice-and dual system-involved youth: The role of primary caregiver monitoring habits on juvenile recidivism. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 00224278221132546. Web.
Stewart, C., Rapp-McCall, L., & Drum, L. (2019). The relationship of spirituality and mental health to recidivism. Social Work & Christianity, 46(4), e2019. Web.
Wolff, K. T., & Baglivio, M. T. (2017). Adverse childhood experiences, negative emotionality, and pathways to juvenile recidivism. Crime & Delinquency, 63(12), 1495-1521. Web.
Yoder, J. R., Leibowitz, G. S., & Peterson, L. (2018). Parental and peer attachment characteristics: Differentiating between youth sexual and non-sexual offenders and associations with sexual offense profiles. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(17), 2643-2663. Web.