Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Youth With Criminal Behaviors

Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Youth With Criminal Behaviors

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05875363
• Other study ID #: 202103130RIND
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: October 25, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

1. Describe the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders among youth with criminal behaviors

2. Explore the relationship between specific neurodevelopmental disorders and the rates and types of crime

3. Examine the roles of psychiatric comorbidities and sociodemographic factors in juvenile criminality

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: October 25, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Juvenile offender from The Juvenile Affairs Division of Taipei City Police Department

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not Juvenile offender

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Conduct Disorder
• Conduct Disorders in Adolescence
• Disease
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• collect data
The Juvenile Affairs Division provided the records without person-identifiable data (i.e., name, ID) to the researchers. The researchers coded the above data (i.e., the offenders' sociodemographic data, medical history, and criminal history). Demographic characteristics were collected, which are the offenders' age, gender, occupation, education level, and residence (district). We recorded the offenders' household members (without the name or age), main caregivers (e.g., father, or mother), and the parents' socioeconomic and marital status. We also tracked whether the offenders live with family members with mental illness, whether they are from at-risk families, and whether had been victims of domestic violence. The medical history and deviant (or criminal) behaviors will be collected in the attached measure.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of ADHD, ASD, and other neurodevelopmental disorder in juvenile offender	Statistical analysis done by SAS (v.9.4) examine the prevalence of each neurodelopmental disorder, such as ADHD and ASD.	3 years
Primary	Age of first criminal behavior	Based on different neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis, determine whether the data is able to predict onset and type of criminal behaviors for each juvenile offender.	3 years