Childhood family and neighbourhood socio-economic status, psychopathy, and adult criminal behaviour

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS
Sydney Baker, Magda Javakhishvili, Cathy Spatz Widom
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Abstract

Purpose

Lower socio-economic status (SES) and psychopathy are risk factors for criminal behaviour. This study examines whether psychopathic trait scores moderate the relationship between childhood family and neighbourhood SES and adult arrests.

Methods

A large group of Midwest children ages 0–11 years old during 1967–1971 were interviewed as adults in 1989–1995 (N = 1144) at mean age 29. Childhood family SES was based on information collected during the interview and neighbourhood SES were based on census tract information from childhood. Psychopathic trait scores were based on information from interviews and case records. Official arrest data were used to assess criminal behaviour in adulthood.

Results

Childhood family SES, childhood neighbourhood SES, and psychopathic trait scores each independently predicted the number of adult arrests. As expected, lower childhood family SES and childhood neighbourhood SES predicted a larger number of adult arrests, and higher psychopathic trait scores were associated with a greater number of adult arrests. Childhood family SES and childhood neighbourhood SES also interacted with psychopathic trait scores to predict adult arrests. For individuals with low psychopathic trait scores, lower childhood family SES and lower childhood neighbourhood SES each predicted a higher number of adult arrests, whereas this was not the case for individuals with high psychopathic trait scores.

Conclusions

Childhood SES (family and neighbourhood) continues to affect criminal behaviour long into adulthood. But neither childhood family SES, childhood neighbourhood SES, or psychopathic traits alone explain the extent of adult arrests. For people with comparably low levels of psychopathic traits, childhood family and neighbourhood socio-economic status continued to impact adult arrests.

儿童家庭和邻里社会经济地位、精神病和成年犯罪行为
目的社会经济地位低下和精神变态是犯罪行为的危险因素。本研究探讨了精神病态特征得分是否调节了童年家庭和邻里社会经济地位与成年逮捕之间的关系。方法1989 ~ 1995年对中西部地区1967 ~ 1971年0 ~ 11岁儿童进行成人访谈(N = 1144),平均年龄29岁。儿童家庭社会经济地位基于访谈收集的信息,社区社会经济地位基于儿童时期的人口普查区信息。精神病态特征评分是基于访谈和病例记录的信息。官方逮捕数据被用来评估成年后的犯罪行为。结果童年家庭社会经济地位、童年邻里社会经济地位和精神病态特征得分分别独立预测成人被捕次数。正如预期的那样,较低的童年家庭社会经济地位和童年邻里社会经济地位预示着更多的成年人被捕,而较高的精神病态特征得分与更多的成年人被捕有关。儿童期家庭社会经济地位和儿童期邻里社会经济地位也与精神病特征得分相互作用,预测成年后的逮捕行为。对于精神病特征得分较低的个体,童年家庭经济地位和童年邻里经济地位较低的个体都预示着成年后被捕的数量较高,而对于精神病特征得分较高的个体,情况并非如此。结论童年SES(家庭和邻里)持续影响犯罪行为直至成年。但是,无论是童年时期的家庭经济地位、童年时期的邻里经济地位,还是心理变态特征,都不能单独解释成年人被捕的程度。对于精神病特征水平相对较低的人来说,童年家庭和社区社会经济地位继续影响成年后的逮捕。
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ACS Applied Bio Materials
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