TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconsidering the Link Between Depression and Crime
T2 - A Longitudinal Assessment
AU - Ozkan, Turgut
AU - Rocque, Michael
AU - Posick, Chad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - A long line of research has uncovered a link between depression and delinquency. However, much of this research has been unable to disentangle the temporal ordering of the depression and crime relationship. In addition, few studies have examined potential mediating relationships between depression and crime, including, for example, theoretical variables such as individual self-control. To address these gaps, we examined depression symptoms as a risk factor for both violent and income-related offenses in a longitudinal framework controlling for several potential confounders using the Pathways to Desistance study that includes information on a unique sample of serious adolescent offenders (N = 1,354). Our findings reveal that depression is inconsistently related to crime in cross-sectional models, but is a risk factor for both aggressive and income-related offenses in a longitudinal framework and that depression has an independent effect on delinquency that is not mediated by self-control.
AB - A long line of research has uncovered a link between depression and delinquency. However, much of this research has been unable to disentangle the temporal ordering of the depression and crime relationship. In addition, few studies have examined potential mediating relationships between depression and crime, including, for example, theoretical variables such as individual self-control. To address these gaps, we examined depression symptoms as a risk factor for both violent and income-related offenses in a longitudinal framework controlling for several potential confounders using the Pathways to Desistance study that includes information on a unique sample of serious adolescent offenders (N = 1,354). Our findings reveal that depression is inconsistently related to crime in cross-sectional models, but is a risk factor for both aggressive and income-related offenses in a longitudinal framework and that depression has an independent effect on delinquency that is not mediated by self-control.
KW - adolescence
KW - delinquency
KW - depression
KW - pathways to desistance
KW - self-regulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059636562&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0093854818799811
DO - 10.1177/0093854818799811
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059636562
SN - 0093-8548
VL - 46
SP - 961
EP - 979
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
IS - 7
ER -