Summary:Antisocial behavior in adolescence: Origin and coursesBoth the intensity and prevalence of violence and delinquency among children and adolescents have continued to rise during the past fifteen years. Efforts to counteract this development may ...
Crime Scene BrainThe questions whether and how human behavior is determined or modifiable, influence major portions of current neurocognition. Especially for the field of delinquent behavior, its underlying causes are currently more and more frequently ...
The impact of emotional stimuli on working memory in female delinquent juvenilesSummary:Objective: This paper focuses on the objective to what extent detained girls exhibit deficits with respect to spatial working memory. Moreover, this study ...
Psychopathy, temperament and antisocial behaviour in girlsObjective: This study addresses the question whether temperament and character differ between antisocial incarcerated girls with and without psychopathy. Furthermore, it inquires whether this ...
Fragestellung: In der Untersuchung klinisch auffälliger Jugendlicher fehlen bislang Studien zum Coping mit alltäglichen Stressoren im Vergleich zu gesunden Jugendlichen. Methodik: Klinisch auffällige Jugendliche mit verschiedenen Störungen (gemischten ...
Epidemiological data on personality dimensions in the psychopathy of adolescent boys and girls – results of the Cologne GAP StudyObjective: This paper evaluates epidemiological data on psychopathy dimensions among adolescents. Method: The Psychopathy ...
Suicide and suicide tendencies in adolescent detaineesAbstract. Following accidents, suicide is the second leading cause of death in adolescence. This stage of life has the most suicide attempts of all age ...
Die Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS) kann im Erwachsenenalter mit erheblichen Einschränkungen im Lebensalltag vergesellschaftet sein. In Straftäterpopulationen kommt ADHS sowohl bei Männern wie auch Frauen überdurchschnittlich häufig ...
Seit langem bereitet die Kriminalitätsbelastung und -entwicklung junger russlanddeutscher Aussiedler besondere Probleme. Ihnen werden oft Rohheits- und Eigentumsdelikte, nicht selten in Verbindung mit Alkoholkonsum, vorgeworfen. In dieser Studie wurde ...
ADHD across the Lifespan – Symptoms and new Diagnostic ApproachesAbstract.ADHD in adults can be regarded as a lifespan disorder, whose importance for the health system is demonstrated by a number of international studies. Various studies focus on the ...
As compared to the general population schizophrenic patients are at increased risk of becoming delinquent. The majority of schizophrenic patients do not commit any crime, and the risk of the general population to be a target of a violent act by a person ...
Is there a reduction in crime through social reintegration in the context of the Swiss heroin trials?<B>Aim:</B> The present study examines whether on an individual level the reduction in crime associated with heroin-assisted treatment is related to ...
Diamorphine substitution therapy and criminal activity<span class="fett">Aims:</span> This study was conducted as part of the German model project on heroin maintenance therapy. It assessed the relationship between heroin prescription and criminal ...
Forensic-psychiatric aspects of cannabis consumptionObjective: To review the past 20 years of research
with regard to cannabis consumption in delinquents,
cannabis-related psychiatric disorders and their
impact on legal responsibility, driver fitness ...
Parent-child conflict and delinquent behavior in early adolescenceAbstract. Parent-child conflicts have been discussed as a risk factor for the development of delinquency but also as a factor that may promote positive development (e.g. learning social ...
The purpose of the present study was to examine the importance of criminal behavior as well as to identify early risk factors for the later development and the course of delinquency. In this longitudinal psychiatric study, (n = 281) young adults presently ...
Risk behavior among adolescents with different leisure time engagements. A comparison between art, music, and sport activitiesAbstract. This contribution compares adolescents who spend their leisure time engaged in ...
Zusammenfassung. Gegenstand des Beitrags ist vor dem Hintergrund eines stresstheoretischen Sozialisationsmodells einmal der Vergleich von sportengagierten zu sportabstinenten Jugendlichen und zum zweiten der Vergleich zwischen Individual- und ...
Gender differences in the occurrence of mental and behavioral disorders during adolescenceAbstract. In the present article, the most important gender differences in the occurrence of mental and behavioral disorders from the beginning of puberty to young ...
The psychopathy concept in girls: A conceptual issueThe present study examines the validity of the psychopathy concept in delinquent girls and addresses the question of the extent to which differences between girls with psychopathy traits and girls ...