Abstract:

Purpose: This study aimed at determining the sociodemographic characteristics of the infants who have been convicted of crime, the types of crime they committed and the levels of intelligence and the causes of the infants who have been convicted of crime. Tools and Methods: The file of 86 incidents referred to the Children's and Adolescent Mental Health and Diseases Clinic for the preparation of a judicial report between 01.01.2017-01.06.2018 by judicial authorities was reviewed backward. The age, gender, socio-economic level, educational status, intelligence level and mental diagnoses of the cases according to DSM-5; the characteristics of the committed crime and the results of the judicial report were evaluated. 90.6 percent of the cases were men. The average age on the date of the crime was 13.76±0.89. The vast majority of them were children of low and middle-level families. 72% of people have not been diagnosed with mental illness. Behavioral disorder (DB) was the most common mental disorder. The vast majority (82.5 percent) of the intelligence was normal. The most frequently committed crime was “theft” (50%). 30.2% of the cases had repeated criminal history. Only 25.5 percent of these incidents were able to perceive the legal meaning and consequences of the facts he dealt with and direct the facts related behavior. The result: Child crime is a problem that is increasing every day in our country. It is therefore important to identify the risk factors that drive children to commit crime and to take the necessary measures in this regard.