Prediction of crime risk behavior among early adolescent

Nurul hasyimah Mat Rani

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Type :	article
Subject :	HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Main Author :	Nurul hasyimah Mat Rani
Additional Authors :	Samsiah Mohammad Jais Md Azman Shahadan Nor Hafifah Abdullah Mohammad Nasir Bistamam Pau, Kee
Title :	Prediction of crime risk behavior among early adolescent

Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Pembangunan Manusia
Year of Publication :	2019
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Previously, many literatures suggest that low social support (family, peer, school), psychological aspect (low level of resilience, coping skills, empathy, high level of depression and aggression), low level of academic achievement and school involvement activity, and involving in truancy correlate with crime risk behavior. However, only few studies in Malaysia have investigate these constructs simultaneously in a single study involving early adolescence. This study aims to examine which construct in Risky Antecedent (social support and socioeconomic status), Risky Psychology (resilience, coping skill, empathy, depression andaggression) and Marker System (truancy, academic achievement and involvement in school activity) predict involvement in crime risk behavior among early adolescence in Malaysia. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted involving all variables which were Risky Antecedent, Risky Psychology, Marker System with crime risk behavior in a sample of 1762 early adolescences from six states in Malaysia. Result shows that the most significant factor associated with crime risk behavior were aggression, truancy, involvement in school activity and lastly social support from peer. Finding from this study suggest that intervention targeting early adolescence at risk of crime risk behavior may correlate with greater impact on reduction in crime risk behavior that exclusively targeting the school as the main place to run the prevention program.

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