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Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Youth With Criminal Behaviors

An observational study in Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Conduct Disorders in Adolescence, sponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-31.

Sponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Apr 2021; still recruiting 5 years 7 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
1,000
Ages
10 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study 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
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Conditions studied

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

Keywords

  • neurodevelopmental disorder
  • criminality
  • adolescence
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In context

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

1,817 studies on the registry are indexed under Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; 296 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 1,000 is above the median of 127 across 329 observational studies indexed under Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity.

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Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 2,615 studies on the registry; 576 are open to participants now.

Of its 11 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (18%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
10 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

This retrospective study is based on the counseling registry of the Juvenile Affairs Division of Taipei City Police Department. The dataset encompasses around 1000 juvenile offenders who were actively followed up by the counselors of the division. The records include the offenders' sociodemographic data, medical history, and criminal history without person-identifiable data (i.e., name, ID).

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Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not Juvenile offender
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
1,000 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • ADHD

    ADHD is among the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders, and the worldwide prevalence.

    Other: collect data

  • ASD

    Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), characterized by overriding obsessions and difficulties in social cognition, might render the affected individuals vulnerable for becoming an offender or a victim of crime.

    Other: collect data

  • Other disorders in youth: CD or substance use disorder

    Conduct disorder (CD), characterized by antisocial and aggressive behavior, affects 2-2.5% of children and adolescents. CD is a risk factor for antisocial personality disorder, and despite the fact that a CD diagnosis completely relies on behavioral symptoms, research has identified neurocognitive impairments.

    Other: collect data

Interventions

  • Othercollect 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.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 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.

    Time frame: 3 years

  2. 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.

    Time frame: 3 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Moore KE, Oberleitner LMS, Zonana HV, Buchanan AW, Pittman BP, Verplaetse TL, Angarita GA, Roberts W, McKee SA. Psychiatric Disorders and Crime in the US Population: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Wave III. J Clin Psychiatry. 2019 Feb 12;80(2):18m12317. doi: 10.4088/JCP.18m12317. PubMed 30758921 ↗
  • Lamberti JS, Katsetos V, Jacobowitz DB, Weisman RL. Psychosis, Mania and Criminal Recidivism: Associations and Implications for Prevention. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2020 May/Jun;28(3):179-202. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000251. PubMed 32251070 ↗
  • Elbogen EB, Johnson SC. The intricate link between violence and mental disorder: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;66(2):152-61. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.537. PubMed 19188537 ↗
  • Fazel S, Hayes AJ, Bartellas K, Clerici M, Trestman R. Mental health of prisoners: prevalence, adverse outcomes, and interventions. Lancet Psychiatry. 2016 Sep;3(9):871-81. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30142-0. Epub 2016 Jul 14. PubMed 27426440 ↗
  • Ahonen L, Loeber R, Brent DA. The Association Between Serious Mental Health Problems and Violence: Some Common Assumptions and Misconceptions. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2019 Dec;20(5):613-625. doi: 10.1177/1524838017726423. Epub 2017 Aug 23. PubMed 29333994 ↗
  • Skjaervo I, Skurtveit S, Clausen T, Bukten A. Substance use pattern, self-control and social network are associated with crime in a substance-using population. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2017 Mar;36(2):245-252. doi: 10.1111/dar.12406. Epub 2016 May 4. PubMed 27147068 ↗
  • Mundt AP, Baranyi G. The Unhappy Mental Health Triad: Comorbid Severe Mental Illnesses, Personality Disorders, and Substance Use Disorders in Prison Populations. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Aug 14;11:804. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00804. eCollection 2020. PubMed 32922316 ↗
  • Davison S, Janca A. Personality disorder and criminal behaviour: what is the nature of the relationship? Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2012 Jan;25(1):39-45. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32834d18f0. PubMed 22156936 ↗
  • Swanson JW, Holzer CE 3rd, Ganju VK, Jono RT. Violence and psychiatric disorder in the community: evidence from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area surveys. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1990 Jul;41(7):761-70. doi: 10.1176/ps.41.7.761. PubMed 2142118 ↗
  • Fischer SN, Shinn M, Shrout P, Tsemberis S. Homelessness, mental illness, and criminal activity: examining patterns over time. Am J Community Psychol. 2008 Dec;42(3-4):251-65. doi: 10.1007/s10464-008-9210-z. PubMed 18956238 ↗
  • Coker KL, Smith PH, Westphal A, Zonana HV, McKee SA. Crime and psychiatric disorders among youth in the US population: an analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Aug;53(8):888-98, 898.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.05.007. Epub 2014 Jun 12. PubMed 25062596 ↗
  • Moffitt TE. Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: a developmental taxonomy. Psychol Rev. 1993 Oct;100(4):674-701. PubMed 8255953 ↗
  • Kalvin CB, Bierman KL. Child and adolescent risk factors that differentially predict violent versus nonviolent crime. Aggress Behav. 2017 Nov;43(6):568-577. doi: 10.1002/ab.21715. Epub 2017 Jun 8. PubMed 28597509 ↗
  • Costello EJ, Maughan B. Annual research review: Optimal outcomes of child and adolescent mental illness. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;56(3):324-41. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12371. Epub 2014 Dec 12. PubMed 25496295 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — The collected data only stay in Dr.Chien's lab

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 31, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05875363
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 25, 2023
Start date
Apr 1, 2021
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 31, 2026

Study contacts

Yi-Ling Chien
Contact
chienyiling@gmail.com
+886223123456#66013

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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