Family Type and Criminal Behaviour of Male Offspring: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study
Background: Unstable family environment during childhood is known to predispose to juvenile delinquency. Aims: This study explored whether childhood family structure is associated with violent behaviour of adult offspring. Methods: We used a large, unselected general population birth cohort ( n = 55...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/002076402128783163 2024-06-16T07:42:09+00:00 Family Type and Criminal Behaviour of Male Offspring: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study Sauvola, Anu Koskinen, Outi Jokelainen, Jari Hakko, HelinÄ JÄRvelin, Marjo-Riitta RÄSÄNEN, Pirkko 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002076402128783163 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002076402128783163 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Journal of Social Psychiatry volume 48, issue 2, page 115-121 ISSN 0020-7640 1741-2854 journal-article 2002 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/002076402128783163 2024-05-19T13:16:35Z Background: Unstable family environment during childhood is known to predispose to juvenile delinquency. Aims: This study explored whether childhood family structure is associated with violent behaviour of adult offspring. Methods: We used a large, unselected general population birth cohort ( n = 5589 males) linked with the national crime registers (up to the age of 32 years). The Ministry of Justice provided information on registered offences for all subjects. A logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the association between family type and criminality (violent and non-violent crimes). Results: We found that single-parent family “at birth” (adj. OR 3.6, 95% CI 1.8-7.0) and “all time” (up to the age of 14 years) (adj. OR 5.2, 95% CI 2.5-10.6) were risk factors for violent offences of an adult offspring. Also parental death (adj. OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.3-3.6) and divorce (adj. OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.6-3.7) doubled the risk for violence. Non-violent offences were associated only with parental death and divorce. Conclusions: A single-parent family of origin is strongly associated with later violent criminality of male offspring. Further studies are needed to explore the psychosocial aspects of single-parent family environment which may promote the vulnerability to violent offending in adulthood. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland SAGE Publications International Journal of Social Psychiatry 48 2 115 121 |
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Background: Unstable family environment during childhood is known to predispose to juvenile delinquency. Aims: This study explored whether childhood family structure is associated with violent behaviour of adult offspring. Methods: We used a large, unselected general population birth cohort ( n = 5589 males) linked with the national crime registers (up to the age of 32 years). The Ministry of Justice provided information on registered offences for all subjects. A logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the association between family type and criminality (violent and non-violent crimes). Results: We found that single-parent family “at birth” (adj. OR 3.6, 95% CI 1.8-7.0) and “all time” (up to the age of 14 years) (adj. OR 5.2, 95% CI 2.5-10.6) were risk factors for violent offences of an adult offspring. Also parental death (adj. OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.3-3.6) and divorce (adj. OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.6-3.7) doubled the risk for violence. Non-violent offences were associated only with parental death and divorce. Conclusions: A single-parent family of origin is strongly associated with later violent criminality of male offspring. Further studies are needed to explore the psychosocial aspects of single-parent family environment which may promote the vulnerability to violent offending in adulthood. |
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Sauvola, Anu Koskinen, Outi Jokelainen, Jari Hakko, HelinÄ JÄRvelin, Marjo-Riitta RÄSÄNEN, Pirkko Family Type and Criminal Behaviour of Male Offspring: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study |
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Sauvola, Anu Koskinen, Outi Jokelainen, Jari Hakko, HelinÄ JÄRvelin, Marjo-Riitta RÄSÄNEN, Pirkko |
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Family Type and Criminal Behaviour of Male Offspring: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study |
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Family Type and Criminal Behaviour of Male Offspring: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study |
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Family Type and Criminal Behaviour of Male Offspring: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study |
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Family Type and Criminal Behaviour of Male Offspring: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study |
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family type and criminal behaviour of male offspring: the northern finland 1966 birth cohort study |
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