TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Childhood bullies and victims and their risk of criminality in late adolescence: the Finnish from a boy to a man study
JO  - Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
A1  - Sourander, Andre
A1  - Jensen, P.
A1  - Rönning, John A.
A1  - Elonheimo, Henrik
A1  - Niemela, Solja
A1  - Helenius, Hans
A1  - Kumpulainen, Kirsti
A1  - Piha, Jorma
A1  - Tamminen, Tuula
A1  - Moilanen, Irma
A1  - Almqvist, Fredrik
SP  - 546
EP  - 552
VL  - 161
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To study correlations of childhood bullying and victimization with juvenile criminality. DESIGN: Longitudinal birth cohort study from age 8 years to ages 16 to 20 years. SETTING: Population-based study from Finland. PARTICIPANTS: The sample comprised 2551 boys (86.6% of the original birth cohort) with complete information about bullying and victimization from parents, teachers, and children at age 8 years. Main Outcome Measure Information about criminal offenses from the National Police Register at ages 16 to 20 years. RESULTS: Frequent bullies and those who frequently both bullied and were bullied (8.8% of the sample) were responsible for 33.0% of all juvenile crimes during the 4-year study period. Frequent bully-only status predicted both occasional and repeated offending, whereas bully-victim status predicted repeated offending. Bullying predicted most types of crime (violence, property, drunk driving, and traffic offenses) when controlled with parental education level. However, frequent bullies or victims without a high level of psychiatric symptoms were not at an elevated risk for later criminality. CONCLUSIONS: Boys who frequently bully are at risk for later criminality when this condition is accompanied by a high level of psychiatric symptoms. Frequent bullies should be actively screened for psychiatric problems.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1072-4710
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.161.6.546
ID  - ref1
ER  -