what is anti social behavior

Question 1

Defining Youth Antisocial Behavior

Answer 1

• Behavior exhibited by youth that is in violation of societal norms, rules, and laws.
• Juvenile delinquent offenses = acts committed by a juvenile for which an adult could be prosecuted in court

Question 2

• Why do we care?

Answer 2

• Stats/Facts About Youth Antisocial Behavior
• Rates of juvenile delinquent offenses remain high, with children between the ages of 10 to 17 committing an average of over 1.6 million delinquency offenses per year (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2010).
• The societal costs of child delinquency are great and include loss of life and property, court and imprisonment costs, substance abuse, psychiatric hospitalization, and placement in special classrooms (Loeber, 1990). • Individuals who begin engaging in delinquent behavior during childhood face worse psychosocial and legal outcomes than those who begin committing delinquent acts in adolescence and adulthood (Moffitt, Caspi, Harrington, & Milne, 2002).

Question 3

cost of antisocial behavior

Answer 3

• $240.99 per day per youth
• $78,000 to keep a young person in jail for a year
• $5.7 billion spent in U.S. in 2007

Question 4

• The costs associated with underage drinking (including treatment, crime, lost wages, etc) are immense, with expenses exceeding

Answer 4

exceeding $50 billion

Question 5

• Adolescent alcohol users are at increased risk for substance abuse and use-related problems throughout the lifespan (e.g., Ellickson et al., 2004; Jacobsen et al., 2005; Tucker et al., 2005), which are estimated to cost society?

Answer 5

more than $375 billion annually

Question 6

• Each adolescent onset persistent substance user is costing society approximately ?

Answer 6

$970,000 over the course of their lifetime

Question 7

• How Do We Measure/Assess Antisocial Behavior?

Answer 7

• Parent reported interviews and measures
• Child self-report
• Teacher reports and school records
• Arrest, criminal, and court records

Question 8

• Assessment Issues

Answer 8

• Children are accurate reporters of their behavior (particularly when know their answers are confidential), but may respond in a socially desirable manner
• Criminal records can miss a lot, only reported behavior that resulted in police contact
• Parents and teachers may not be aware of particular behaviors