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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 9/2011

01.09.2011 | Original Paper

Generic and crime type specific correlates of youth crime: a Finnish population-based study

verfasst von: Henrik Elonheimo, Andre Sourander, Solja Niemelä, Hans Helenius

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 9/2011

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Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine the psychosocial correlates of various crime types among adolescent males born in Finland in 1981.

Methods

Data on crime registered in the Finnish National Police Register between 1998 and 2001 were received for 2,866 boys, of whom 81% (n = 2,330) filled in a questionnaire at obligatory military call-up at age 18 in 1999. Crime was divided into five types: drug, violent, property, traffic, and drunk driving offences.

Results

Of the 2,866 boys, 23% had been registered for offending; 4% for drug, 7% for violent, 11% for property, 11% for traffic, and 5% for drunk driving offences during the 4-year period in late adolescence. All the crime types correlated with each other and shared many of the psychosocial problems. Small community size, parents’ divorce, aggressiveness, daily smoking, and weekly drunkenness were generic correlates of crime, being independently related to various crime types.

Conclusions

The results support general rather than specific accounts of youth crime. In particular, measures moderating the adverse effects of divorce, alleviating parental adversities and supporting parenthood, and tackling substance abuse seem relevant in social and criminal policy because they address psychosocial problems characterizing youth crime in general.
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Metadaten
Titel
Generic and crime type specific correlates of youth crime: a Finnish population-based study
verfasst von
Henrik Elonheimo
Andre Sourander
Solja Niemelä
Hans Helenius
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2011
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 9/2011
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-010-0260-9

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