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Risk of Criminal Justice System Interactions in Young Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings From a National Birth Cohort

OBJECTIVE: To examine criminal justice system (CJS) interactions and pathways through the justice system for young adults with ADHD compared to young adults without ADHD. METHOD: Nationwide 3-year birth cohort study using linked health and CJS data. Cox proportional hazards models were employed to e...

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Autores principales: Anns, Francesca, D’Souza, Stephanie, MacCormick, Conrad, Mirfin-Veitch, Brigit, Clasby, Betony, Hughes, Nathan, Forster, Warren, Tuisaula, Eden, Bowden, Nicholas
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10498656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37254493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10870547231177469
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author Anns, Francesca
D’Souza, Stephanie
MacCormick, Conrad
Mirfin-Veitch, Brigit
Clasby, Betony
Hughes, Nathan
Forster, Warren
Tuisaula, Eden
Bowden, Nicholas
author_facet Anns, Francesca
D’Souza, Stephanie
MacCormick, Conrad
Mirfin-Veitch, Brigit
Clasby, Betony
Hughes, Nathan
Forster, Warren
Tuisaula, Eden
Bowden, Nicholas
author_sort Anns, Francesca
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description OBJECTIVE: To examine criminal justice system (CJS) interactions and pathways through the justice system for young adults with ADHD compared to young adults without ADHD. METHOD: Nationwide 3-year birth cohort study using linked health and CJS data. Cox proportional hazards models were employed to examine associations between ADHD and police proceedings, court charges, court convictions, and incarcerations. RESULTS: Young adults with ADHD were significantly more likely to interact with the CJS including police proceedings (hazard ratio [HR], 2.1 95% CI [2.0, 2.2]) court charges (HR, 2.2 95% CI [2.1, 2.3]), court convictions (HR, 2.3 95% CI [2.2, 2.4]), and incarceration (HR, 4.8 95% CI [4.3, 5.4]). CONCLUSIONS: Young adults with ADHD are overrepresented at all stages of the CJS. Results highlight the importance of early identification and responsivity to ADHD within the CJS and suggest that the NZ justice system may require changes to both areas to ensure that young individuals with ADHD receive equitable access to, and treatment within, the CJS.
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spelling pubmed-104986562023-09-14 Risk of Criminal Justice System Interactions in Young Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings From a National Birth Cohort Anns, Francesca D’Souza, Stephanie MacCormick, Conrad Mirfin-Veitch, Brigit Clasby, Betony Hughes, Nathan Forster, Warren Tuisaula, Eden Bowden, Nicholas J Atten Disord Current Perspectives OBJECTIVE: To examine criminal justice system (CJS) interactions and pathways through the justice system for young adults with ADHD compared to young adults without ADHD. METHOD: Nationwide 3-year birth cohort study using linked health and CJS data. Cox proportional hazards models were employed to examine associations between ADHD and police proceedings, court charges, court convictions, and incarcerations. RESULTS: Young adults with ADHD were significantly more likely to interact with the CJS including police proceedings (hazard ratio [HR], 2.1 95% CI [2.0, 2.2]) court charges (HR, 2.2 95% CI [2.1, 2.3]), court convictions (HR, 2.3 95% CI [2.2, 2.4]), and incarceration (HR, 4.8 95% CI [4.3, 5.4]). CONCLUSIONS: Young adults with ADHD are overrepresented at all stages of the CJS. Results highlight the importance of early identification and responsivity to ADHD within the CJS and suggest that the NZ justice system may require changes to both areas to ensure that young individuals with ADHD receive equitable access to, and treatment within, the CJS. SAGE Publications 2023-05-30 2023-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10498656/ /pubmed/37254493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10870547231177469 Text en ©The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Anns, Francesca
D’Souza, Stephanie
MacCormick, Conrad
Mirfin-Veitch, Brigit
Clasby, Betony
Hughes, Nathan
Forster, Warren
Tuisaula, Eden
Bowden, Nicholas
Risk of Criminal Justice System Interactions in Young Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings From a National Birth Cohort
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title_fullStr Risk of Criminal Justice System Interactions in Young Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings From a National Birth Cohort
title_full_unstemmed Risk of Criminal Justice System Interactions in Young Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings From a National Birth Cohort
title_short Risk of Criminal Justice System Interactions in Young Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings From a National Birth Cohort
title_sort risk of criminal justice system interactions in young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: findings from a national birth cohort
topic Current Perspectives
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10498656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37254493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10870547231177469
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