Briefly share with the class the  issue analysis paper written in week 4 attached.  Share one recommendation that you made for solving the problem. Start a New Conversation Display Message Content Forums  /   Week 8 Forum 7  / Discussion Wrap-up < Previous Topic  |   Next Topic > Briefly share with the class the issue you wrote about in your Week 4  Issue Analysis and Application Paper. Also share  at least one recommendation you made for solving the problem you identified.   Describe three things you learned from the course that you will want to remember 5 years from now. These can be ideas, concepts, techniques, etc. that you think are memorable and will be useful in the future. This portion of the forum calls for you to reflect on what in the course was meaningful to you, and to articulate this beyond a list or summary of textbook chapter ideas.  Adult aging psychology is the course Childhood conduct problems and adult criminality Part I, Issue Analysis This paper will focus on childhood conduct problems and adult criminality. In the paper  deficit disorders with or without hyperactivity (ADHD)  will be analyzed and how it causes criminal activity in adulthood.   According to past research, adult males are more affected by the ADHD compared to adult women. This paper will help us understand why this is the case. It is not in all cases that a child diagnosed with ADHD will be a criminal, but the occurrence rate of ADHD patients being criminals is considerably high. About 50% of children with the disorder ends up committing serious activities of crime and widens records of arrest. Attention Deficit Disorders With or Without Hyperactivity (ADHD) When a person has low  brain dysfunctions  or unusual cerebral structures he/she may experience explosive rage periods that may cause violent episodes, hence violent crimes. It is these brain dysfunctions that are diagnosed as ADHD that causes antisocial behavior. It is very common to find ADHD levels among criminal justice system offenders. About 25% of inmates in prison are diagnosed with ADHD with about 70% percent of prisoners exhibiting a considerable level of ADHD symptoms. Further, there is an association of ADHD with other conditions that increases levels of offending, including deficits in neuropsychological, low cognitive and academic skills, psychological problems, defiance and aggression and also truancy. ADHD Characteristic Traits A child with ADHD will have concentration problems, hyperactivity and will be impulsive. The child will not be able to sit still, control his/her behavior,  will have problems with  concentration. ADHD is classified into three  cat e gories : Type one is called predominantly inattentive type. Children with this disorder  show difficulty  with focusing on school work, being organized, keeping track and paying attention. The second type is called the hyperactive-inattentive. Children with this type of disorder tend to twitch and squirm,  d o not manage to.

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Briefly share with the class the issue you wrote about in your
Week 4 Issue Analysis and Application Paper. Also share
at least one recommendation you made for solving the problem
you identified.
Describe three things you learned from the course that you will
want to remember 5 years from now. These can be ideas,
concepts, techniques, etc. that you think are memorable and will
be useful in the future. This portion of the forum calls for you
to reflect on what in the course was meaningful to you, and to
articulate this beyond a list or summary of textbook chapter
ideas.
Adult aging psychology is the course
Childhood conduct problems and adult criminality

2. Part I, Issue Analysis
This paper will focus on childhood conduct problems and adult
criminality. In the paper
deficit disorders with or without hyperactivity (ADHD)
will be analyzed and how it causes criminal activity in
adulthood.
According to past research, adult males are more affected by
the ADHD compared to adult women. This paper will help us
understand why this is the case. It is not in all cases that a child
diagnosed with ADHD will be a criminal, but the occurrence
rate of ADHD patients being criminals is considerably high.
About 50% of children with the disorder ends up committing
serious activities of crime and widens records of arrest.
Attention Deficit Disorders With or Without Hyperactivity
(ADHD)
When a person has low
brain dysfunctions
or unusual cerebral structures he/she may experience explosive
rage periods that may cause violent episodes, hence violent
crimes. It is these brain dysfunctions that are diagnosed as
ADHD that causes antisocial behavior. It is very common to
find ADHD levels among criminal justice system offenders.
About 25% of inmates in prison are diagnosed with ADHD with
about 70% percent of prisoners exhibiting a considerable level
of ADHD symptoms. Further, there is an association of ADHD
with other conditions that increases levels of offending,
including deficits in neuropsychological, low cognitive and
academic skills, psychological problems, defiance and
aggression and also truancy.
ADHD Characteristic Traits
A child with ADHD will have concentration problems,
hyperactivity and will be impulsive. The child will not be able
to sit still, control his/her behavior,
will have problems with
concentration. ADHD is classified into three
cat

3. e
gories
: Type one is called predominantly inattentive type. Children
with this disorder
show difficulty
with focusing on school work, being organized, keeping track
and paying attention. The second type is called the hyperactive-
inattentive. Children with this type of disorder tend to twitch
and squirm,
d
o not manage to play silently, are over
-
talkative, and are not able to sit still. They are also the most
talkative in groups. The last type of this classification is a
combination that shows traits of the two categories. A child
with this classification is overly active, inattentive, or
impetuous.
Environmental and Biological Influences
According to Carry George, 80% of ADHD variation traits are
genetically passed. The disorder is only passed between
biological parent and child, but never passed to adopted child.
Besides the genetic influence, ADHD is also influenced by
an
environment
where
the
young mind of children
is
affected by
the
environment. When a child is an infant, the environment
majorly consists of the mother. The child will tend to develop
the
parents

4. ’
traits because at a young age they imitate their parent's
behavior. Some parents may lack the psychological or physical
skill to cope and deal with a difficult child, so they respond
negatively and impulsively. Even if the behavior is
inappropriate, the child will learn to think it is okay (Carey,
2011).
Besides ADHD being an attribute that can be inherited or
developed in childhood,
the
antisocial trait
s
are
seen shared between parents and their children. Approximately
two-thirds of antisocial boys had a father with a criminal
record. Research shows that a boy with a criminal biological
father will become a criminal. Besides the biological influence,
young boys will always look upon their fathers and want to
imitate them. If the father has an antisocial behavior, that is
what the boys will view as being normal, hence will imitate.
When ADHD is detected early in a child, then there are high
chances that the treatment will be effective in minimizing these
traits. Medicine and behavioral therapy can assist in
diminishing negative ADHD personality traits. In many cases,
ADHD is treated as a risk factor for delinquent action, which is
a major risk factor for delinquency and crime. A plausible
clarification for this could be that ADHD trait is the failure to
control behavior (Carey, 2011).
ADHD in prisons
As mentioned earlier, the major characters of ADHD
are
hyperactivity, impulsive behavior, and inattention. This makes
it difficult for the patient to function well in school, at home or
in other social settings. There are approximately 5.4 million
children aged between 4 and 17 diagnosed with ADHD, with

5. approximately 66% of those children receiving treatment
(Andershed, 2012)
. Treatments for ADHD
include
a
parent or school training, behavioral counseling, and
medications
such as drugs like
Ritalin and Vyvanse. Compared to girls, boys suffer ADHD at
a
higher rate. In prisons, ADHD cases are more compared to the
general population with most of the prisoners with ADHD being
the main trouble makers. ADHD offenders commit more acts of
violence and abuse substance at a higher level compared to
other prisoners (Andershed, 2012). Violent behaviors among
prisoners are majorly caused by ADHD symptoms followed b
y dependence on alcohol. This
problem
starts at an early stage of life with children having ADHD
having higher chances of being involved in criminal acts in
comparison of normal children.
Why some individuals with ADHD are more likely to commit
crime
It is not certain that an adult with ADHD will engage in acts of
crime. There are many ADHD patients that never commit
crimes. Nevertheless, ADHD is a major risk factor for violent
acts being committed. Additionally, acts of crime from people
with the condition may be triggered by environmental
conditions like poverty. It is probable that criminal acts are
common among ADHD patients since they mostly suffer from
other behavioral disorders besides the condition. Common
disorders associated with ADHD are Condu
ct disorder and Oppositional def
iant disorde
r (ODD). People with this and other
disorders may contain antisocial behaviors that lead to criminal

6. behaviors. (Kellam, 2013)
Part II
Treatment of the Problem
This paper clearly establishes that a link exists between conduct
problems in childhood and adult criminality.
Nevertheless, it is still challenging to come up with a way of
trea
ting children with ADHD before they get involved in
criminal acts. As girls with ADHD or other conduct disorders
grow up, they ultimately internalize their actions. Men
,
on the other hand
,
externalize their behavior as they grow older. The advantages of
treating kids for conduct
disorder should be investigated.
(Kellam, 2013).
Childhood conduct disorder among the leading causes of adult
criminality. As children with conduct disorder mature to be
adults, they get to higher risk of growing antisocial personality
disorder. The fact that mental disorders in children is a solid
cause of criminality in adults, more stress should be rested on
diagnosis and treatment before it develops into harmful
personality disorder. It is very easy to identify and diagnose
conduct disorder in young children, since their behaviors are
quite obvious and easy to identify. Despite the conduct disorder
treatment in children being difficult, antisocial personality
disorder treatment in adults is almost impractical, just like it is
difficult to treat majority of sociopathic personality disorders.
Girls according to varying studies are less likely to partake in
criminal activity after growing older unlike boys who majorly
participate more in crime. As girls grow, they internalize
problems instead of committing criminal acts outwardly like
men do. It is not known why most women internalize the
problems. Understanding this dilemma will be important in
assisting men reduce criminal activities (Unnever, J. 2012).

7. Individuals with ADHD involved in crime can stop re-offending
if taken through treatment. With ADHD victims more likely to
commit criminal offences compared to general population,
proper treatment would mean reducing crime and saving a lot of
money. There are more benefits of treating the problem
compared to the harm it causes. Most of the children diagnosed
with ADHD, continue to have the problem even in their adult
life.
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
There are major components in treating ADHD. These
components include psychotherapy interventions and
medications. There is massive research that demonstrates that
medication on its own cannot address all attention and
hyperactivity problems in a patient. Medication may help with
immediate relief from a number of symptoms; nevertheless, the
patient of attention deficit disorder will still require learning
special skills that will help him/her overcome the disorder.
For so many years now, most of ADHD treatment was centered
on use of medications. The exact medication class commonly
prescribed for patients of ADHD is stimulants. The stimulant
medication that includes Ritalin is mostly well-tolerated,
prescribed, act quickly and in majority of the people contains
only minor side effects. ADHD medications further have been
proved to be effective in treatment of the disorder.
Different Children will differ in their medication treatments’
response. It is nevertheless challenging in all cases to find a
combination of medication that is highly effective with lesser
side effects. It is therefore the duty f physicians to ensure that
they treat each case of ADHD uniquely and treat the child
uniquely depending on the best medication for the patient. The
doctors should also be willing to change medication if it does
not work after a given duration of time. Through switching of
medication, the doctors finally manage to treat the ADHD
problem in a child hence minimizing their chances of being
affected in their adulthood.

8. Most of the medications come with side effects. This side
effects include
loss of
appetite, mild
headache, a feeling of
nuisance, being
irritable, lack of good
sleep, gastrointestinal
distress, high blood pressure, anxiety or depression, and/
paranoia. If a child experiences some of the mentioned side
effects, it is he/she sees a doctor. Though the children are
prescribed with stimulant medications, parents should not worry
since they are not addictive. This drugs are totally safe and do
not cause the patient to feel ‘high’ in any way. The ADHD
stimulant drugs are very effectual since they help correct
neurotransmitters problem in the patients’ brain. The drugs
have been proved to work in most of the people that take them.
Though children
can be treated ADHD through therapy, it should always be
combined with drugs since ADHD
drugs help
children focus and improve their behavior and also help them
avoid or reduce addictions or emotional problems (Richardson,
2010)
References
Andershed, H. (2012). Linking adult psychopathy with
childhood hyperactivity-impulsivity-attention problems and
conduct problems through retrospective self-reports.
Journal of Personality Disorder
Carey, G. (2011). Genetic and environmental architecture of
human aggression.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72,

9. 207-217.
Kellam, S. (2013). Modeling growth in boys' aggressive
behavior across elementary school: Links to later criminal
involvement, conduct disorder, and antisocial personality
disorder.
Developmental Psychology,