Lim Stacey, Lambie Ian, van Toledo Annik
1 The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2019 Feb;63(2):198-217. doi: 10.1177/0306624X18799002. Epub 2018 Sep 10.
Female youth offending is poorly understood, despite increased rates of such offending. Research indicates there are a range of factors that have a causal impact on the development of offending in young people. This study investigated risk factors using a retrospective file audit of 184 female youth offenders in New Zealand. The findings were classified using Bronfenbrenner's ecological model, which highlights the different contextual levels that influence behavior, including individual, family, peer, school, community, and cultural factors. The results indicate that there are significant risk factors for female youth offenders. There were high rates of mental health difficulties, drug use, histories of maltreatment, family stressors, peer issues, and school behavior problems in the cohort. There was very little difference between violent and nonviolent offenders. All the young women had risk factors affecting them at many levels. Targeted, multisystemic intervention and prevention programs are therefore needed to address female youth offending.
尽管女性青少年犯罪率有所上升，但人们对其了解甚少。研究表明，有一系列因素对年轻人犯罪行为的发展具有因果影响。本研究通过对新西兰184名女性青少年罪犯进行回顾性档案审查来调查风险因素。研究结果采用布朗芬布伦纳的生态模型进行分类，该模型突出了影响行为的不同背景层面，包括个人、家庭、同伴、学校、社区和文化因素。结果表明，女性青少年罪犯存在显著的风险因素。该队列中存在心理健康问题、药物使用、虐待史、家庭压力源、同伴问题和学校行为问题的比例很高。暴力罪犯和非暴力罪犯之间的差异很小。所有年轻女性在多个层面都受到风险因素的影响。因此，需要有针对性的多系统干预和预防计划来解决女性青少年犯罪问题。
