Factors Associated with Future Offending: Comparing Youth in Grandparent-Headed Homes with those in Parent-Headed Homes
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jie Hu, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This study examined risk factors for reoffending by youth in grandparent-headed homes and those in parent-headed homes. Using data ed from the juvenile justice records of youth in a variety of living arrangements, we compared the records of 29 youth living in grandparent-headed homes with those of 37 youth living in parent-headed homes. Youth in grandparent-headed homes were significantly more likely to have risk factors and needs associated with reoffending. The findings suggest that youth in grandparent-headed homes are at greater risk for reoffending and that factors predisposing youth in grandparent-headed homes to reoffend may differ from those that predispose youth in non-grandparent-headed homes.
Factors Associated with Future Offending: Comparing Youth in Grandparent-Headed Homes with those in Parent-Headed Homes
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 20(6), 258-267.
- Language: English
- Date: 2006
- Keywords
- Parent headed homes, Grandparent headed homes, Delinquency, Reoffending, Juvenile offenders