Abstract

Anger is considered integral for motivating youths’ criminal activity. To assess how anger and its features (fuse and duration) are associated with youths’ patterns of violence and offending, we studied official risk and (re)offending data among a sample of justice-involved youth (M_age = 14.87, SD = 1.40) in the United States (N = 548). Short anger fuse was associated with increased likelihood of being currently violent, whereas prolonged anger was related to current violence only in mid- to late-adolescence. Youth who had exclusively nonviolent prior(s) were at greater odds of nonviolent recidivism if they reported a short fuse. Alternatively, youth who had violent prior(s) were at greater odds of reoffending if they reported prolonged anger. Overall reported anger was associated with current violence, but not recidivism. This suggests that, in youth, short fuse predicts the continuation of a nonviolent offending pattern, whereas, among violent offenders, prolonged anger predicts recidivism.

摘要

愤怒被认为是激发青少年犯罪活动不可或缺的因素。为了评估愤怒及其特征（导火索和持续时间）如何与青少年的暴力和犯罪模式相关联，我们研究了涉及司法的青年样本中的官方风险和（再）犯罪数据（M 年龄 = 14.87 _， SD =  1.40 ) 在美国 ( N = 548）。短的愤怒导火索与当前暴力行为的可能性增加有关，而长时间的愤怒仅与青春期中期到后期的当前暴力行为有关。曾有过完全非暴力经历的年轻人如果报告说他们情绪低落，则非暴力再犯的可能性更大。或者，如果有暴力倾向的年轻人报告长期愤怒，他们再次犯罪的可能性更大。总体报告的愤怒与当前的暴力有关，但与累犯无关。这表明，在年轻人中，短发预示着非暴力犯罪模式的延续，而在暴力犯罪者中，长期愤怒预示着累犯。