When is youths' debt to society paid off? Examining the long-term consequences of juvenile incarceration for adult functioning.
When is youths' debt to society paid off? Examining the long-term consequences of juvenile incarceration for adult functioning.
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DOI：
10.1007/s40865-015-0002-5
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发表时间：
2015-03-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Hawkins JD
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作者：
Gilman AB;Hill KG;Hawkins JD
研究青少年监禁对成年期（27-33岁）功能的长期影响。倾向得分分析被用来比较被监禁的青年与那些从未被监禁的人在青少年时期经历过至少一次警察接触的子样本中。数据来自西雅图社会发展项目（SSDP），一个多种族，性别平衡的社区样本。在青春期被监禁的青年更有可能在27岁、30岁或33岁时被监禁，更有可能达到酗酒或依赖的标准，更有可能接受公共援助。结果表明，青少年监禁不仅在减少犯罪行为在以后的生活中是无效的，但也有意想不到的后果，监禁超出了刑事领域。此外，似乎一旦一名青年卷入少年司法系统，他/她在向成年过渡期间更有可能继续受刑事司法系统的束缚。鉴于这些长期有害的后果，建议采取不危害公共安全的适当替代少年监禁的办法。
To examine the long-term consequences of juvenile incarceration on functioning in adulthood (ages 27–33). Propensity score analysis was used to compare incarcerated youth with those who were never incarcerated in a subsample of individuals who had experienced at least one police contact in adolescence. Data were drawn from the Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP), a multiethnic, gender balanced community sample. Youth who were incarcerated in adolescence were more likely to experience incarceration at ages 27, 30, or 33, more likely to meet criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence, and more likely to be receiving public assistance than similar youth who were never incarcerated. Results show that juvenile incarceration is not only ineffective at reducing criminal behavior later in life, but that there are also unintended consequences for incarceration beyond the criminal domain. Furthermore, it appears that once a youth becomes involved in the juvenile justice system, there is a higher likelihood that he/she will remain tethered to the criminal justice system through the transition to adulthood. Given these long-term deleterious outcomes, it is recommended that suitable alternatives to juvenile incarceration that do not jeopardize public safety be pursued.