RT Article
T1 Mental health among incarcerated male youth with violent and sexual offense convictions by race and offense type
JF Violence and victims
VO 39
IS 6
SP 763
OP 776
A1 Sanikommu, Mythili
A1 Situ, YuTing
A1 Fix, Rebecca L.
A2 Situ, YuTing
A2 Fix, Rebecca L.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1931814597
AB Incarcerated adolescents are at increased risk for negative mental health outcomes. Race and offense type can differentially influence legal outcomes as well as mental health symptom presentation. Our study examined whether adolescent mental health problems differed for 1,303 male youth at a Southeastern U.S.-based juvenile prison depending on the adolescent’s race and offense type (specifically offenses involving physical or sexual violence). Results indicated significantly different patterns of mental health symptoms and psychopathic traits between Black and White male youth and between male youth with adjudicated violent and sexual offenses. Study findings have important implications for policies and practices centered around rehabilitative practices in juvenile prisons.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 773-776
K1 juvenile legal system
K1 offense type
K1 Psychopathology
K1 youth of color
DO 10.1891/VV-2021-0205