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Risk factors of girl delinquency. HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF BOYS?. September, 2008 European Society of Criminology Thessa Wong Annemarie Slotboom Catrien Bijleveld VU University Amsterdam. Overview risk factors girl delinquency Comparison with boys – within studies.
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Risk factors of girl delinquency HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF BOYS? September, 2008 European Society of Criminology Thessa Wong Annemarie Slotboom Catrien Bijleveld VU University Amsterdam
Overview risk factors girl delinquency Comparison with boys – within studies ReviewPurpose
ReviewStudies 26 studies 12 countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Hungary All studies from 1982 till now
ReviewCriteria studies Risk factors of girl delinquency Delinquent or criminal behaviour Age: 12-24 Non-delinquent girls as a control group
ReviewResults Individual factors Family factors Peer factors School factors
ReviewIndividual factors Victimization Negative life events Self-esteem (positively and negatively) Aggression Obedience Intelligence Depression (suicidal behaviour) Substance use Attitude delinquency
ReviewIndividual factors Compared with boys Unique factors: Amount of negative life events Obedience Suicidal behaviour
ReviewFamily factors Criminal father Delinquent siblings Beaten by parents Parental monitoring Permissive parenting Child disclosure Being seldom at home Rules at home Parental trust Conflicts at home Quality of parent-child relationship Maternal support
ReviewFamily factors Compared with boys Unique factors: Permissive parenting styles (father and mother) Being seldom at home Beaten by parents Quality of sibling relationship Maternal support Quality of mother-child relationship
ReviewFamily factors Compared with boys Remarkable: Role of mother Single parenthood
ReviewPeer factors Delinquent friends Gangmembership Being in a romantic relationship Parents dislike friends
ReviewPeer factors Compared with boys Not many differences Cross-sex friends
ReviewSchool factors Grades Attachment Commitment Quality of relationship with teachers
ReviewSchool factors Compared with boys Remarkable: School achievement School attachment and commitment
ReviewConclusion difference girls/boys It seems that girls and boys do not differ a lot in their risk factors to become delinquent Differences girls/boys appear when distinguished between: Different types of delinquency Example: empathy (Jollife & Farrington, 2007) Different domains of factors Example: self-esteem (Van de Schoot & Wong, forthcoming)
ReviewBeperkingen studies Only 26 studies Not many longitudinal studies Delinquent girls are often seen as if they are one group Remarkable: little overlap between studied risk factors