Clinical trial NCT05875363: Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Youth With Criminal Behaviors
Official title: Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Youth With Criminal Behaviors
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Conduct Disorders in Adolescence
Keywords: neurodevelopmental disorder
criminality
adolescence
Lead sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-05-25
Enrollment: 1000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: This retrospective study is based on the counseling registry of the Juvenile Affairs Division of Taipei City Police Department. The dataset encompasses around 1000 juvenile offenders who were actively followed up by the counselors of the division. The records include the offenders' sociodemographic data, medical history, and criminal history without person-identifiable data (i.e., name, ID).

Brief 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


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Juvenile offender from The Juvenile Affairs Division of Taipei City Police Department

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not Juvenile offender

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of ADHD, ASD, and other neurodevelopmental disorder in juvenile offender
timeFrame: 3 years
measure: Age of first criminal behavior
timeFrame: 3 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: National Taiwan University Hospital
Study officials:
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