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Unsafe at Any Age: Linking Childhood and Adolescent Maltreatment to Delinquency and Crime
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Mersky, Joshua P.; Topitzes, James; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2012
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…
Descriptors: Intervention, Delinquency, Child Abuse, Children
From Child Maltreatment to Violent Offending: An Examination of Mixed-Gender and Gender-Specific Models
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Topitzes, James; Mersky, Joshua P.; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Research suggests that child maltreatment predicts juvenile violence, but it is uncertain whether the effects of victimization persist into adulthood or differ across gender. Furthermore, we know little about the mechanisms underlying the victim-perpetrator cycle for males and females. Consequently, this study analyzed associations between child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Females, Adolescents, Child Welfare