Kim W J, Zrull J P, Davenport C W, Weaver M
Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1992 May;31(3):525-32. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199205000-00021.
There have been many reports describing the uniqueness of adopted children and adolescents' delinquent behaviors in terms of both their delinquent characteristics and courts' treatment of them. A total of 43 adopted juveniles, 32 extrafamilial (1.0%) and 11 intrafamilial (0.3%) adoptions were initially identified out of 3,280 juvenile delinquents. The adopted subjects were then compared with the demographically matched and offense matched nonadopted subjects. The family variables, such as marital and employment status of parents, were significantly different. However, there were only a few discernible trends, and in general there were no significant differences between the adopted and nonadopted juveniles in terms of their offense characteristics and dispositions.
有许多报告描述了领养儿童和青少年犯罪行为的独特性，包括他们的犯罪特征以及法庭对他们的处理方式。在3280名青少年罪犯中，最初识别出43名被领养的青少年，其中32名是家庭外领养（占1.0%），11名是家庭内领养（占0.3%）。然后将这些被领养对象与在人口统计学特征和犯罪情况上相匹配的非领养对象进行比较。家庭变量，如父母的婚姻状况和就业状况，存在显著差异。然而，只有一些可察觉的趋势，总体而言，在犯罪特征和处置方式方面，被领养和非领养的青少年之间没有显著差异。
