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Motivations for adolescent offending and truancy from school: retrospective interviews with adults recently released from a custodial prison sentence in England

This qualitative study considers the development of adolescent offending and examines a range of potential causes rooted in the issues of truancy, peer pressure, and educational and parental disengagement. Ten adult offenders recently released from prison were accessed through a probation service in...

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Autores principales: Filkin, Stephen, Mojtahedi, Dara, Willmott, Dominic
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9243165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35785231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09762
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description This qualitative study considers the development of adolescent offending and examines a range of potential causes rooted in the issues of truancy, peer pressure, and educational and parental disengagement. Ten adult offenders recently released from prison were accessed through a probation service in the North West of England. Participants (M age = 35.2, S.D = 8.51) were interviewed about the indictable offences that they perpetrated between the ages of 12–16. Thematic analysis uncovered several key themes related to substance misuse and broader enjoyment of risk-taking behaviours, financial gain and the desire to develop a recognised criminal status, alongside fear and rejection of authority. In general, educational disengagement led to stronger associations with anti-social peers from whom acceptance was sought and offending identities were constructed around. Longer-term consequences of time spent with anti-social peers included substance abuse, more serious criminality, and increased risk-taking behaviour. The implications of the findings are discussed in the context of early interventions.
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spelling pubmed-92431652022-07-01 Motivations for adolescent offending and truancy from school: retrospective interviews with adults recently released from a custodial prison sentence in England Filkin, Stephen Mojtahedi, Dara Willmott, Dominic Heliyon Research Article This qualitative study considers the development of adolescent offending and examines a range of potential causes rooted in the issues of truancy, peer pressure, and educational and parental disengagement. Ten adult offenders recently released from prison were accessed through a probation service in the North West of England. Participants (M age = 35.2, S.D = 8.51) were interviewed about the indictable offences that they perpetrated between the ages of 12–16. Thematic analysis uncovered several key themes related to substance misuse and broader enjoyment of risk-taking behaviours, financial gain and the desire to develop a recognised criminal status, alongside fear and rejection of authority. In general, educational disengagement led to stronger associations with anti-social peers from whom acceptance was sought and offending identities were constructed around. Longer-term consequences of time spent with anti-social peers included substance abuse, more serious criminality, and increased risk-taking behaviour. The implications of the findings are discussed in the context of early interventions. Elsevier 2022-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9243165/ /pubmed/35785231 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09762 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Motivations for adolescent offending and truancy from school: retrospective interviews with adults recently released from a custodial prison sentence in England
title_full Motivations for adolescent offending and truancy from school: retrospective interviews with adults recently released from a custodial prison sentence in England
title_fullStr Motivations for adolescent offending and truancy from school: retrospective interviews with adults recently released from a custodial prison sentence in England
title_full_unstemmed Motivations for adolescent offending and truancy from school: retrospective interviews with adults recently released from a custodial prison sentence in England
title_short Motivations for adolescent offending and truancy from school: retrospective interviews with adults recently released from a custodial prison sentence in England
title_sort motivations for adolescent offending and truancy from school: retrospective interviews with adults recently released from a custodial prison sentence in england
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9243165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35785231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09762
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