NCT05875363

Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Youth With Criminal Behaviors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

1. Describe the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders among youth with criminal behaviors 2. Explore the relationship between specific neurodevelopmental disorders and the rates and types of crime 3. Examine the roles of psychiatric comorbidities and sociodemographic factors in juvenile criminality

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Conduct Disorders in Adolescence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	collect data	The Juvenile Affairs Division provided the records without person-identifiable data (i.e., name, ID) to the researchers. The researchers coded the above data (i.e., the offenders' sociodemographic data, medical history, and criminal history). Demographic characteristics were collected, which are the offenders' age, gender, occupation, education level, and residence (district). We recorded the offenders' household members (without the name or age), main caregivers (e.g., father, or mother), and the parents' socioeconomic and marital status. We also tracked whether the offenders live with family members with mental illness, whether they are from at-risk families, and whether had been victims of domestic violence. The medical history and deviant (or criminal) behaviors will be collected in the attached measure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2021-07-31
• Completion: 2021-10-25
• First posted: 2023-05-25
• Last updated: 2023-05-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan