Villanueva Lidón, Maciel Laura, Gomis-Pomares Aitana, Gouveia-Pereira Maria, Adrián Juan E, Costa Maria Suely Alves, Rocha André Sousa, Ximenes Jocélia Medeiros, Garcia Mathieu, Rouchy Emma, Michel Grégory, Al Shawi Ameel, Sarhan Yaseen, Altaha Mahasin A, Fulano Celso, El-Astal Sofián, Alattar Kefaya, Shaqalaih Saja O, Sabbah Khetam, Holtzhausen Leon, Campbell Emma, Sakulku Jaruwan, Grummitt Lucinda, Barrett Emma, Lawler Siobhan, Newton Nicola C, Prior Katrina, Basto-Pereira Miguel
Developmental Psychology Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
William James Center for Research, Ispa-Instituto Universitário, Portugal.
J Interpers Violence. 2025 Jun;40(11-12):2467-2493. doi: 10.1177/08862605241270016. Epub 2024 Aug 13.
Previous research has shown a robust association between different childhood and adolescent vulnerabilities and youth offending. However, these investigations have primarily focused on youths from high-income Western countries. Consequently, the generalizability of these findings to better inform global justice policies remains uncertain. This study aimed to address this gap by examining the relationship between individual, familial, and contextual vulnerabilities and criminal versatility during young adulthood, accounting for sociodemographic factors and cross-national differences. Data were derived from a diverse sample of 4,182 young adults (67% female; mean age = 18.96; = 0.81) residing in 10 countries across 5 continents who participated in the . The Psychosocial and Family Vulnerability Questionnaire and the Adverse Childhood Experiences questionnaire were used to assess social and family adversity, and past-year criminal diversity was measured with the Criminal Variety Index. Results indicate that child maltreatment, substance abuse, and delinquent peers are global risk factors for criminal variety. Moreover, they are independent across males and females and among youths living in countries that are ranked differently on the Human Development Index (HDI). In addition, some childhood vulnerabilities showed different predictive ability across sexes (e.g., school failure), and across countries ranked differently on the HDI (e.g., family dysfunction). These findings suggest that certain childhood factors contribute to criminal behavior through transcultural mechanisms. Moreover, they highlight the importance of developing evidence-based policies that focus on transcultural risk factors to globally prevent criminal behavior.
先前的研究表明，儿童期和青少年期的不同脆弱性与青少年犯罪之间存在紧密关联。然而，这些调查主要集中在高收入西方国家的青少年身上。因此，这些研究结果能否推广以更好地为全球司法政策提供信息仍不确定。本研究旨在通过考察个体、家庭和环境脆弱性与青年期犯罪多样性之间的关系来填补这一空白，同时考虑社会人口因素和跨国差异。数据来自居住在五大洲10个国家的4182名青年（67%为女性；平均年龄 = 18.96；标准差 = 0.81）的多样化样本，他们参与了[具体项目未提及]。使用心理社会和家庭脆弱性问卷以及童年不良经历问卷来评估社会和家庭逆境，并通过犯罪多样性指数来衡量过去一年的犯罪多样性。结果表明，儿童虐待、药物滥用和不良同伴是犯罪多样性的全球风险因素。此外，这些因素在男性和女性中以及在人类发展指数（HDI）排名不同的国家的青少年中都是独立存在的。此外，一些儿童期脆弱性在不同性别（如学业失败）以及在HDI排名不同的国家（如家庭功能失调）中表现出不同的预测能力。这些发现表明，某些儿童期因素通过跨文化机制导致犯罪行为。此外，它们凸显了制定基于证据的政策的重要性，这些政策应关注跨文化风险因素以在全球范围内预防犯罪行为。
