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Comparison of Delinquent Boys and Girls in Group Homes and Factors Associated with the Outcome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Javad H. Kashani ,
Anasseril E. Daniel ,
John C. Reid  and
Alan J. Sirinek
Javad H. Kashani
Affiliation:
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, and Director of Children and Adolescent Services, Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, 3 Hospital Drive, Columbia, Missouri 65201, USA
Anasseril E. Daniel
Affiliation:
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, and Director of Children's Inpatient Service, Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, 3 Hospital Drive, Columbia, Missouri 65201
John C. Reid
Affiliation:
University of Missouri-Columbia
Alan J. Sirinek
Affiliation:
Community Residential Treatment Service of the 13th Judicial Circuit Juvenile Court, State of Missouri
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Summary

One hundred boys and girls who were placed in two group homes by court order were studied. The girls were admitted mostly for status offences while the boys were admitted for offences to property and persons. Over half of the sample had an immediate family member who had committed a serious crime. This group differed in several ways from the group with no family history of crime. When the outcome of the entire sample was investigated, it was found that there are some indicators that could be used as predictors for the outcome in a delinquent population. This could have a definite clinical application.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 2 , February 1984 , pp. 156 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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