PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Multisystemic Therapy, Computer Multitasking, Reinforcement
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Trajectories of juvenile offenders: child-onset o behavioural problems start early in childhood, adolescent-onset o o show behavioural problems in teens don"t really have that many problems in childhood. Risk factors for juvenile offending: individual, familial, school, peer, community. **not in and of themselves predictors, but if you have one of the risks, it may cancel out a part of it: individuual, familial, school, parent, community. Gender similarities and differences in risk and protection: more males than females end up in justice system, different protective factors for males and females, 22 risk and protective factors, self-reported, grade 10 students. Assessment: under 12 years old: school setting, standarddized tests, internalizing and externalizing problems, psychiatric daiagnoses: adhd, odd, cd. Assessment: adolescents: may be court-ordered, checklist of static and dynamic factor. Prevention, intervention and treatment of juvenile offenders: primary goal o decrease likelihood of violence occuring, secondary goal, tertiary goal.
