CRIM 310 Chapter Notes - Chapter week 9 : Substance Dependence, Neuropsychological Test, Dysphoria

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 310
• Professor: Ray Corrado

Document Summary

Previous studies of these groups in childhood and adolescence showed that childhood-onset delinquents had inadequate parenting, neurocognitive problems, under-controlled temperament, severe hyperactivity, psychopathic personality traits, and violent behavior: adolescent-onset delinquents were not distinguished by these features. Here followed to age 26 years, the childhood-onset delinquents were the most elevated on psychopathic personality traits, mental-health problems, substance dependence, numbers of children, financial problems, work problems, and drug-related and violent crime, including violence against women and children. These findings support the theory of life- course-persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial behavior but also extend it. The two prototypes and their predicted adult outcomes. Al: emerges alongside puberty, when otherwise healthy youngsters experience dysphoria during the relatively roleless years between their biological maturation and their access to mature privileges and responsibilities, a period we called the maturity gap. Such snares can compromise the ability to make a successful transition to adulthood, impair health, and lead to social disadvantage.