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Hemphill SA, Heerde JA, Scholes-Balog KE. Risk Factors and Risk-Based Protective Factors for Violent Offending: A Study of Young Victorians. J Crim Justice. 2016;45:94-100doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.012.
Hemphill, S. A., Heerde, J. A., & Scholes-Balog, K. E. (2016). Risk Factors and Risk-Based Protective Factors for Violent Offending: A Study of Young Victorians. Journal of criminal justice, 4594-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.012
Hemphill, Sheryl A, et al. "Risk Factors and Risk-Based Protective Factors for Violent Offending: A Study of Young Victorians." Journal of criminal justice vol. 45 (2016): 94-100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.012
Hemphill SA, Heerde JA, Scholes-Balog KE. Risk Factors and Risk-Based Protective Factors for Violent Offending: A Study of Young Victorians. J Crim Justice. 2016 Jun;45:94-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.012. Epub 2016 Feb 15. PMID: 27325904; PMCID: PMC4912019.
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J Crim Justice. 2016 Jun;45:94-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.012. Epub 2016 Feb 15.

Risk Factors and Risk-Based Protective Factors for Violent Offending: A Study of Young Victorians.

Journal of criminal justice

Sheryl A Hemphill, Jessica A Heerde, Kirsty E Scholes-Balog

Affiliations

  1. Learning Sciences Institute Australia and School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; & School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia.
  2. Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University.

PMID: 27325904 PMCID: PMC4912019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.012

Abstract

PURPOSE: The present study aims to examine risk factors and risk-based and interactive protective factors for violent offending in a group of 437 young Australians.

METHODS: Participants were recruited into the study when they were in Grade 5 (10-11 years) and followed up almost annually until young adulthood (18-19 years). Measures of violent offending, risk and protective factors, and demographics were obtained through a modification of the Communities That Care youth survey. The data collected enabled identification of groups of students at-risk of violent offending according to drug use, low family socioeconomic status, and antisocial behavior.

RESULTS: Results showed that there were very few associations between the risk factors and risk-based protective factors measured in this study (e.g., belief in the moral order, religiosity, peer recognition for prosocial involvement, attachment to parents, low commitment to school, and poor academic performance) and later self-reported violent offending. There were no statistically significant interactive protective factors.

CONCLUSIONS: Further longitudinal analyses with large sample sizes are needed to examine risk factors and risk-based protective factors and interactive protective factors in at-risk groups. The findings support the need for multi-faceted prevention and early intervention approaches that target multiple aspects of youth's lives.

Keywords: cumulative protective index; cumulative risk index; longitudinal study; risk factors; risk-based protective factors; violent offending

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