Childhood Victimization and Crime Victimization

Autor/inn/en	McIntyre, Jared Kean; Widom, Cathy Spatz
Titel	Childhood Victimization and Crime Victimization
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26 (2011) 4, S.640-663 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260510365868
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Homeless People; Crime; Child Neglect; Child Abuse; Drug Abuse; Alcohol Abuse; Geometric Concepts; Victims of Crime; At Risk Persons; Life Style; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Comparative Analysis; Interviews; Children; Adults; Runaways + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Kindesvernachlässigung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Elementare Geometrie; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Risikogruppe; Lebensstil; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausreißer
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to determine whether abused and neglected children are at increased risk for subsequent crime victimization. We ask four basic questions: (a) Does a history of child abuse/neglect increase one's risk of physical, sexual, and property crime victimization? (b) Do lifestyle characteristics (prostitution, running away, homelessness, criminal history, drug abuse, and alcohol abuse) increase a person's risk for crime victimization? (c) Do lifestyle characteristics mediate the relationship between child abuse/ neglect and crime victimization? (d) Do these relationships vary by a person's sex or race/ethnicity? Using data from a prospective cohort design study, children with documented histories of physical and sexual abuse and/or neglect (n = 497) were matched with nonabused and nonneglected children (n = 395), followed up, and interviewed in middle adulthood (approximate age 39.5). Logistic and ordinary least square regressions were conducted to assess risk for crime victimization and test for mediation. Child abuse and/ or neglect increased a person's risk for physical (OR = 2.56, p less than 0.001) and sexual (OR = 2.28, p less than 0.001) but not for property crime victimization. For the sample overall, running away served as a partial mediator between child abuse and neglect and physical and sexual crime victimization. In addition, results revealed sex and race/ethnicity differences in patterns of mediation. Implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10