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Scoones, Carwyn D.; Willis, Gwenda M.; Grace, Randolph C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Both desistance research and strengths-based approaches to offender rehabilitation suggest that attempts to reduce sex offender recidivism should attend to an offender's release environment. Recent research has demonstrated that better quality release planning is associated with reduced recidivism; however, whether release planning contributes…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Sexual Abuse, Correctional Institutions, Predictive Validity
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Fergusson, David M.; Boden, Joseph M.; Horwood, L. John – Journal of School Violence, 2014
This study examined the developmental processes linking childhood bullying to criminal offending in adulthood, using data from a 30-year longitudinal study. The linkages between bullying in childhood and three criminal offending outcomes in adulthood were estimated both before and after control for a range of confounding factors. A series of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Child Development, Correlation, Criminals
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Nada-Raja, Shyamala; Skegg, Keren – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
This longitudinal population-based study examined pathways to nonsuicidal self-harm (NSSH) in relation to childhood sexual abuse (CSA), assault victimization in early adulthood, posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology (PTSD), and other mental disorders. At age 21, 476 men and 455 women completed interviews on assault victimization, PTSD, and…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Children