This unique dataset provided several key findings. First, results from a latent class growth analysis showed that violent crimes peaked at age 14-15, with high-rate adolescent offenders (3.7 percent of the sample) accounting for 31.9 percent of all violent offenses. In addition, 74.2 percent of this group desisted from violent crimes in adulthood. Higher levels of self-reported anger/irritability slightly increased the odds of violent recidivism (odds ratio, OR = 1.09), where higher levels of depression/anxiety depressed the odds (OR = 0.89). The overrepresentation of males, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic youth among high-rate adolescent offenders were traceable through adolescence, but not beyond the age of 18. Overall, these findings may assist in informing new delinquency interventions that target the needs of this proportionally small group of violent adolescent offenders who commit a large proportion of violent crimes. (Publisher abstract modified)
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