Criminological profile of minors who have committed child-to-parent violence

Abstract

The rise of CPV cases in the last decade has become a matter of concern among researchers, who have investigated prevalence rates and factors related to this type of behavior. This study aims to analyze the criminological profile of the minors who have committed CPV compared to minors who have committed other type of crimes. The participants were 341 juveniles with a disciplinary record in the Juvenile Court of a Spanish province, whose ages ranged from 14 to 17 years old (M = 15.86, SD = 1.02). The results showed that the CPV group represented a moderate level of recidivism and the comparison group had a low risk of recidivism. The CPV group had mostly committed CPV, while the comparison group had tended to commit property crimes. The CPV group had generally served probation or confinement sentences, while the comparison group had mostly been acquitted or served probation.

Keywords:

• Child-to-parent violence
• CPV
• crime
• criminological profile
• educational measure
• juvenile offender
• recidivism
• YLS/CMI
• Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory

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Declaration of conflicts of interest

Natalia Palanques has declared no conflicts of interest.

Keren Cuervo has declared no conflicts of interest.

Lidón Villanueva has declared no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria d’Innovació, Universitats, Ciència i Societat (Government of the Valencian Community, Ministry of Innovation, Universities, Science and Digital Society) [Grant GV/2019/089] and by Universitat Jaume I [Grant UJI-A2019-09].