Adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system face a variety of risk factors that are associated with more frequent and severe experiences of aggression within romantic relationships as compared to community samples. The current study examines the nature and characteristics of adolescent dating violence (ADV) among first-time offense court-involved non-incarcerated (CINI) adolescents. A sample of 199 male and female CINI adolescents (58% male; M age = 15.05) who had a first-time, open status (e.g., truancy, curfew violation) and/or delinquent petition (e.g., assault, breaking, and entering). Overall, CINI adolescents reported prevalence rates of ADV consistent with community samples of adolescents. Females reported higher perpetration than did males in the sample of physical abuse and social networking abuse, as well as higher victimization of social networking abuse. Only one difference was found by offense type. CINI females report an increased risk for dating violence, though the cause of these gender differences is unclear. Findings also highlight that risk for ADV does not differ by offense type, suggesting that prevention efforts targeting ADV at the earliest possible intervention point, regardless of first-time offense type or severity, may be especially impactful.

与社区样本相比，参与少年司法系统的青少年面临各种风险因素，这些风险因素与浪漫关系中更频繁和更严重的攻击经历有关。目前的研究调查了初犯法庭参与的非监禁 (CINI) 青少年中青少年约会暴力 (ADV) 的性质和特征。199 名男性和女性 CINI 青少年的样本（58% 男性；M 年龄 = 15.05），他们首次具有开放状态（例如，逃学、违反宵禁）和/或违法请愿（例如，攻击、破坏和进入）。总体而言，CINI 青少年报告的 ADV 流行率与青少年社区样本一致。在身体虐待和社交网络虐待的样本中，女性报告的犯罪率高于男性，以及更高的社交网络滥用受害。攻击类型仅发现一处差异。CINI 女性报告约会暴力的风险增加，尽管这些性别差异的原因尚不清楚。调查结果还强调，ADV 的风险不会因犯罪类型而异，这表明在尽可能早的干预点针对 ADV 的预防工作，无论首次犯罪类型或严重程度如何，都可能特别有效。