The Impact of Juvenile Disorders on Likelihood of Future Offenses
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Allison Pontier
College:
College of Liberal Arts
Major:
Psychology/Forensic Psychology
Faculty Research Advisor(s):
Christine Doyle
Abstract:
Typically beginning around the ages of 15 to 19 years, with a climax at the age of 25, juvenile delinquency is an average part of daily life, yet, constantly overlooked from society. Mental illness amongst the young population, has a high comorbidity rate with juvenile delinquency. A qualtrics survey was conducted to gather information from social workers, along with demographic questioning of their clients. Key questions were, “How long have you been a social worker”, “What age range do you generally work with?”, “What age range do you currently work with?”, and finally “How many of your clients are female vs male?”. The data proved an even split between elementary and high school aged children. Mental illness, along with a history of juvenile delinquency amongst all clients sampled was roughly 49%. An alpha level of .05 was used on all statistical tests. There was a significant difference between clients with a history of mental illness (M=2.61, SD=1.72) and those without (M=4.20, SD=1.31), t(21)= 1.906, p