A Search for Neuropsychological Indicators: A Comparative Study with Children with Conflict in Law

Law violation amongst adolescents have become a very important area of concern for the nation as a whole. Inthe current study, the objectives are to find whether there exist any neuropsychological markers that will help todifferentiate children in conflict with law (CCL) from neurotypicals who have never engaged in law violation andalso to find whether there exists any significant difference between CCL-I, CCL-E and CCL-M with respect to theneuropsychological markers. The sample included 59 adolescents out of which 10 were neurotypicals, 14 CCLwith predominantly internalising manifestation (CCL-I), 17 CCL with predominantly externalising manifestation(CCL-E), 18 CCL with both internalising and externalising manifestation (CCL-M). The tools used in the study areChild Behaviour Checklist- Youth Self Report(CBCL/YSR), Bhatia Battery of Performance tests and three subtestsfrom Delis- Kaplan Executive Functioning System. Statistical analysis was done using Kruskal Wallis test. Testresults included significant differences between the groups with respect to ‘Twenty Questions Test’ and ‘ColourwordInterference Test’.