Lessons Learned and to Be Learned: A Systematic Review of Predictors of Youth Crime from 2001-2021

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Abstract

Juvenile offending research plays a critical role in our justice system. Emerging as a sub-discipline in the early 20th century, juvenile justice research on predictors of crime has and continues to influence prevention and intervention policies and programs. Further, these works have been largely shaped by socio-legal movements and political initiatives. This review provides an investigation of the predictors of youth crime literature, established following the juvenile crime control era. Utilizing a systematic review methodology, this report has two distinctive features. One is the specific focus on the diversity of predictors of interest. The other is to use a systematic review technique to make quantitative summaries of the applicable empirical findings and provide an analysis of between-study differences. This work concludes that post juvenile crime control era literature focuses on a variety of predictors, and includes modern explanatory variables such as cultural predictors, mental health predictors, technology predictors, and violent media predictors. Trends, gaps, implications for policy, and proposed directions for future studies are discussed.

Authors

• Brianne Posey, California State University, Northridge

• Nayan Ramirez, California State University, Northridge

• Jamie Yap, California State University, Northridge

• Sharon Villalobos, California State University, Northridge

• Jocelyn Godinez, California State University, Northridge

• Anastasiia Timmer, California State University, Northridge