Unsafe at Any Age: Linking Childhood and Adolescent Maltreatment to Delinquency and Crime

Autor/inn/en	Mersky, Joshua P.; Topitzes, James; Reynolds, Arthur J.
Titel	Unsafe at Any Age: Linking Childhood and Adolescent Maltreatment to Delinquency and Crime
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 49 (2012) 2, S.295-318 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4278
DOI	10.1177/0022427811415284
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Delinquency; Child Abuse; Children; Adolescents; Correlation; Comparative Analysis; Crime; Violence; Longitudinal Studies; Minority Groups; Disadvantaged Youth; Drug Abuse; Victims of Crime; Theories; Child Development; Adolescent Development; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Gewalt; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ethnische Minderheit; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Theory; Theorie; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	Objectives: This study compares the effects of childhood maltreatment and adolescent maltreatment on delinquency and crime, including violent and nonviolent offending. Methods: Data were derived from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, a prospective investigation of 1,539 underprivileged, minority subjects. Results: Results confirmed that rates of overall delinquency, along with violent, drug, and property offending specifically, were elevated among childhood and adolescent maltreatment victims compared to their nonmaltreated peers. Childhood maltreatment was associated with delinquency independent of adolescent maltreatment, and strong connections between adolescent maltreatment and delinquency were present independent of prior victimization. Childhood maltreatment was also significantly related to a panel of adult crime measures, while the effects of adolescent maltreatment on adult crime were less robust. Conclusions: The study findings suggest that maltreatment at any age increases the risk of future offending, implying that investments in prevention and intervention strategies throughout childhood and adolescence may reduce delinquency and crime. (Contains 6 notes and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10