Delinquency, Parental Psychopathology, and Parental Criminality: Clinical and Epidemiological Findings
Delinquency, Parental Psychopathology, and Parental Criminality: Clinical and...
Lewis, Dorothy Otnow; Balla, David ; Shanok, Shelley ; Snell, Laura
2012-01-01 00:00:00
Prompted by the clinical recognition of serious psychopathology in both delinquent children and their parents, we report an epidemiological study of the possible association of delinquency, parental psychiatric treatment and/or hospitalization, and parental criminality. We also examine questions of assortative mating among psychiatrically impaired and criminally involved parents of delinquents. Findings suggest that delinquency, children's psychopathology, parental psychiatric impairment, and parental criminality may be different manifestations of an entire family's severe adaptational problems. Whether the psychiatric or criminal justice systems become involved may depend primarily on which system is impinged upon at a given time.
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Delinquency, Parental Psychopathology, and Parental Criminality: Clinical and Epidemiological Findings
Prompted by the clinical recognition of serious psychopathology in both delinquent children and their parents, we report an epidemiological study of the possible association of delinquency, parental psychiatric treatment and/or hospitalization, and parental criminality. We also examine questions of assortative mating among psychiatrically impaired and criminally involved parents of delinquents. Findings suggest that delinquency, children's psychopathology, parental psychiatric impairment, and parental criminality may be different manifestations of an entire family's severe adaptational problems. Whether the psychiatric or criminal justice systems become involved may depend primarily on which system is impinged upon at a given time.
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Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
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