DeLisi Matt, Tahja Katherine N, Drury Alan J, Elbert Michael J, Caropreso Daniel E, Heinrichs Timothy
Iowa State University - Criminal Justice, 203A East Hall, Ames, IA.
United States Probation and Pretrial Services, 110 E. Court Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50309.
J Forensic Sci. 2018 Jan;63(1):172-177. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13545. Epub 2017 May 11.
Adult antisocial behavior is almost always predated by delinquency during childhood or adolescence; however, there is also evidence of adult-onset criminal offending. This study examined this controversial subgroup of offenders using self-reported and official data from a total population of federal correctional clients selected from the Midwestern United States. Difference of means t-tests, chi-square tests, and logistic regression models found that 11.7% of clients had an adult onset of offending and 2.7% of clients (n = 23) had an onset occurring at age 60 years or older. This group-introduced as de novo advanced adult-onset offenders-had high socioeconomic status, mixed evidence of adverse childhood experiences, and virtually no usage of drugs with the exception of alcohol. These offenders were primarily convicted of social security and white-collar crimes and evinced remarkably low psychopathology and criminal risk. More research is needed to replicate the phenomenon of de novo advanced adult-onset offending.
成人反社会行为几乎总是在童年或青少年时期的犯罪行为之前出现；然而，也有成年后开始犯罪的证据。本研究使用来自美国中西部联邦惩教客户总人口的自我报告和官方数据，对这一有争议的犯罪亚群体进行了调查。均值差异t检验、卡方检验和逻辑回归模型发现，11.7%的客户成年后开始犯罪，2.7%的客户（n = 23）在60岁及以上开始犯罪。这个群体——被称为新生晚期成年期犯罪者——具有较高的社会经济地位，童年不良经历的证据不一，除酒精外几乎不使用毒品。这些犯罪者主要因社会保障和白领犯罪被定罪，并且表现出极低的精神病理学和犯罪风险。需要更多的研究来复制新生晚期成年期犯罪的现象。
