PSYCH 3AB3 Lecture 11: 11 - Problem Behaviours
8 Dec 2015
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Experimenting and trying things out is a normal apart of adolescence: difference between this and actually continuously doing this. Many adolescents grow out of their problems. Some behaviours are considered problems for adolescents but not other age groups (drinking alcohol, buying cigarettes, having sex: status offenses things that are considered against the law for minors, but not adults. Delinquency actions by juveniles or youth that are against the law. Overall, it has been decreasing since 2010. Violent crimes more stable, very minimal decrease. Most common offences: theft under , drug violations, assault, mischief. Confidential self-report dated do not support ethnic differences. Aboriginal youth are more likely to end up arrested compared to. Life-course-persistent offenders: adolescents whose antisocial behaviour first appears in childhood and tends to continue into adulthood. Adolescence-limited offenders: adolescents who become involved in antisocial activities during adolescence and typically do not continue them into adulthood.
