Recidivism and psychological factors in young violence against parents

Abstract

The study about variables associated with recidivism is important to reduce later criminal behaviors. The study of factors associated with recidivism will improve treatments. Rehabilitation of youth delinquent is important to minimize the number of adult offenders in the future. In Spain there are a lot of research about recidivism in young offenders, but only few studies have examined the variables associated with recidivism in adolescent violence towards parents. This study aimed to examine the rates of recidivism in young violence towards parents and to examine the relation between different variables and the rate of this recidivism. To this end, 72 young offenders admitted to a juvenile center because of a crime of violence against their parents were selected for passing through several evaluation instruments. The results indicated that the variables emotionality, leadership, social withdrawal, frustration tolerance, anger management, control locus, social skills, problem solving strategies and presence of mental disorders adherence to family intervention and collaboration were significantly related to recidivism. These results are considered important in order to improve the intervention programs in young people with behaviors of mistreatment towards their parents.

Keywords

• reincidencia
• violencia filio-parental
• maltrato
• adolescentes