Youths who have spent time in residential care may experience difficulties when making the transition to adulthood. This study examines adult outcomes of youths (N=251) who spent time in a Dutch judicial treatment institution. Moreover, the study investigates to what extent background characteristics and patterns in adult criminal behaviour are related to outcomes in adulthood. The study uses data from the 17up study, a longitudinal study following institutionalised youths into adulthood. Information on background characteristics is available from the youths’ treatment files. Outcomes in a variety of life domains, including the domains of housing, employment, family formation and health, have been assessed at a follow-up interview with respondents when they were, on average, 34 years old. Official data on criminal behaviour is used to reconstruct respondents’ criminal careers. The findings show that many young people who were placed in a judicial treatment institution during their youth experience difficulties in conventional life domains in adulthood, in particular in the areas of employment, mental health, and alcohol and drug abuse. Furthermore, results from a series of regression analyses and nonlinear canonical correlation analyses suggest that in general, those with chronic involvement in criminal behaviour are more likely to experience problems in multiple adult life domains. Most background characteristics are unrelated to adult outcomes. Therefore, the findings indicate that among youths with a history of institutionalisation, negative outcomes in adulthood are not so much predicted by childhood risk factors, but more so by criminal involvement in adulthood.

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在荷兰的司法治疗机构工作过的年轻人的成年人结局

花在寄宿家庭护理上的年轻人在过渡到成年时可能会遇到困难。这项研究调查了在荷兰司法治疗机构中度过的年轻人（N = 251）的成人结局。此外，该研究调查了成年犯罪行为的背景特征和模式在多大程度上与成年结果相关。该研究使用来自17up研究的数据，该研究是一项针对青少年的研究，该研究是针对青少​​年的制度化成年。有关背景特征的信息可从青少年的治疗档案中获得。在与受访者的平均访谈中，他们平均年龄34岁，评估了各种生活领域的结果，包括住房，就业，家庭组成和健康等领域。有关犯罪行为的官方数据用于重建受访者的犯罪职业。调查结果表明，许多青年时期被安置在司法治疗机构中的年轻人在成年后的传统生活领域中遇到困难，特别是在就业，心理健康以及酗酒和吸毒方面。此外，一系列回归分析和非线性典范相关分析的结果表明，通常，那些长期参与犯罪行为的人更有可能在多个成人生活领域中遇到问题。大多数背景特征与成人结局无关。因此，研究结果表明，在有机构化历史的年轻人中，成年后的负面结果并不太可能由儿童期的危险因素预测，