Family risk factors for the development of deviant behaviour in juvenile offenders convicted of crimes of varying severity

Abstract

In order to identify family predictors of the development of antisocial behaviour in adolescents, 260 people have been interviewed: 120 minors serving sentences in correctional institutions for committing serious and especially serious crimes; 80 adolescents sentenced without isolation from society for crimes of medium severity; 60 law-abiding teenagers studying at general education programmes. The following methods have been used during the survey: “Adverse Childhood Experiences” (A.B. Kholmogorova, 2024); Gilbert child hood memories scale (2003); questionnaire on attachment to parents for older adolescents (M.V. Yaremchuk, 2005); “Profile of feelings in relationships” (L.V. Kulikov); “Teenagers about parents” (cze. Adolescent o Rodičoch), (author E. Schafer, modification by Z. Matejczyk and P. Rzichan). After data processing, it is revealed that in the families of juvenile convicts, negative emotional background prevailed, as a result of which adolescents felt more depressed, and also experienced neglect and lack of positive interest on the part of family members. Based on the results of the study, the possibility of their application in practical work in the field of crime prevention among minors is discussed.

Keywords

• child-parent relationships
• juvenile convicts
• negative childhood experiences
• juvenile delinquency
• resocialisation of offenders
• childhood memories
• families of offenders