The aim of this study was to characterize young dating violent offenders (DVO), and to compare them to the general population and to young offenders with violent crimes directed against other victims. We have used data from the Development of Aggressive Antisocial Behaviour Study, in all 262 young men, 18 to 25 years, convicted of violent crimes and imprisoned in the Western Region of the Swedish Prison and Probation Services. We found that young DVO offenders differed from the general population in all investigated areas; however, the group did not differ in comparisons to other young violent offenders. Our results highlight the antisocial aspects of dating violent crime being rooted in aggressive antisocial behaviour, lacking signs of any specific offender type characteristics, thus questioning the validity of crime specific treatment programs in prison for young offenders of dating violence.

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与其他类型的暴力相比，约会暴力：罪犯相似，但受害者不同

这项研究的目的是表征年轻的约会暴力犯，并将其与一般人群以及针对其他受害者的暴力犯罪的年轻犯进行比较。我们使用了来自积极进取的反社会行为研究的数据，调查了所有262名18至25岁的年轻男子，他们被定罪为暴力犯罪，被监禁在瑞典监狱和缓刑处的西部地区。我们发现，在所有调查区域中，年轻的DVO罪犯都与普通人群有所不同。但是，与其他年轻的暴力罪犯相比，该群体没有什么不同。我们的结果强调，约会暴力犯罪的反社会方面植根于激进的反社会行为，缺乏任何特定犯罪类型特征的迹象，