Juvenile delinquents revisited. Adult criminal activity
F. A. Henn, R. Bardwell and R. L. Jenkins
We examined the subsequent criminal activities of delinquent boys
classified as having either socialized conduct disorder, undersocialized
conduct disorder, aggressive type, or undersocialized conduct disorder,
unaggressive type. A follow-up study of more than ten years revealed
profound differences in the likelihood of criminal convictions or
incarcerations between socialized and undersocialized delinquents. The
socialized delinquents have less chance of being either convicted of a
crime or being imprisoned. This difference supports the previous studies
that demonstrated that these classifications could be distinguished on the
basis of differences in behavior, personality, psychological test results,
and characteristic family backgrounds, and reinforces this method of
classifying conduct disorders. Differences between the undersocialized
aggressive and unaggressive groups appear qualitative and indicate that
subjects in the former group are involved in more crimes of violence
subjects in the latter.
