A ‘double disadvantage’: neurodevelopmental profile and poverty confer synergistic risk of youth justice involvement
Poverty and lower functional development independently confer risk of criminalisation, and together confer a 'double disadvantage'. Structural public health interventions should reduce the criminalisation of children by boosting functional development through Special Educational Needs support in schools, and by reducing the number of children living in absolute poverty.
Authors
- Lee Hogarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0299-5748)
- W. Huw Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0670-2620)
- Hope Kent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3514-4701)
- Rosie Cornish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2874-7646)
- George Leckie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1486-745X)
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
- Published
- 2025-06-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1332/17579597y2025d000000052
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.20
Funders
- Barrow Cadbury Trust
- University of Bristol
- Medical Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council