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Table 2 Offence characteristics of childhood one-time offenders and re-offenders

From: Individual, family and offence characteristics of high risk childhood offenders: comparing non-offending, one-time offending and re-offending Dutch-Moroccan migrant children in the Netherlands

 

One-time offenders

(n = 65)

%

Re-offenders

(n = 35)

%

sig

Age onset first offence mean (sd)

9.9 (1.3)

10.7 (1.4)

t = -2.958, p = .004

Offence characteristics

   

   type of first offence

   

theft

21.9

36.4

ns

violence

23.4

27.3

ns

property damage

25.0

18.2

ns

mischief

29.7

15.2

ns

   seriousness first offence

   

minor

55.7

46.9

ns

moderate

41.0

50.0

ns

serious

3.3

3.1

ns

solo offending

30.6

15.2

χ = 2.738, p = .098