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Wilson, Helen W.; Widom, Cathy Spatz – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
This study examines prostitution, homelessness, delinquency and crime, and school problems as potential mediators of the relationship between childhood abuse and neglect (CAN) and illicit drug use in middle adulthood. Children with documented cases of physical and sexual abuse and neglect (ages 0-11) during 1967-1971 were matched with…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Homeless People, Delinquency, Child Abuse
Richie, Beth E.; Tsenin, Kay; Widom, Cathy Spatz – 2000
This publication presents three papers from a 1999 conference on criminal justice research and evaluation. The papers reveal real-life implications of research for a situation of growing urgency. Research has uncovered a link between the victimization of women and their criminal behavior. The papers propose that justice system practice can be…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Crime