How child maltreatment affects dimensions of juvenile delinquency in a cohort of low-income urban youths

Lemmon, John H.

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“…Any link between maltreatment and delinquency is, however, complicated (Smith and Thornberry, 1995;Lemmon, 2006). Most previ ous literature does not measure number of maltreatment types, just whether maltreatment occurred and, sometimes, which type (Smith and Thornberry, 1995;Maxfield and Widom, 1996;Lemmon, 1999;Wiebush et al, 2000;Mersky and Reynolds, 2007). More recently, however, it was found that experiencing multiple forms of maltreatment increased delinquency outcomes (Currie and Tekin, 2006) and that number of maltreatment types were linked to youth adju dication for a violent offense or multiple violent petitions (Mersky and Reynolds, 2007).…”

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“…A history of maltreatment has been shown to be signifi cant even in the presence of these other risk factors (Smith and Thornberry, 1995;Maxfield and Widom, 1996;Lemmon, 1999;Wiebush et al, 2000), although most studies have documented a general link, and studies investigating an asso ciation between types of maltreatment individually (physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect) and delinquency have been limited (Currie and Tekin, 2006;Mersky and Reynolds, 2007). That this would be worth doing is suggested by the findings of Widom and Maxfield (2001), Egeland et al (2002) and Fagan (2005), which showed that physical abuse and neglect victims have an elevated risk for later delinquency, but victims of sexual abuse do not.…”

Section: Maltreatment To Delinquency Linkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Predicting juvenile delinquency: The nexus of childhood maltreatment, depression and bipolar disorder

Mallett

Dare

Seck

2009

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Background It is important to identify and provide preventative interventions for youth who are most at risk for offending behaviour, but the connection between early childhood or adolescent experiences and later delinquency adjudication is complicated.Aim To test for associations between specified mental disorders or maltreatment and later delinquency adjudication.Method Participants were a random sample of youth before the juvenile courts in two Northeast Ohio counties in the USA (n = 555) over a 4‐year time frame (2003 to 2006).Results Logistic regression analysis identified a lifetime diagnosis of depression and/or bipolar disorder to be predictive of later youth delinquency adjudication, but found that childhood maltreatment (or involvement with the child welfare system) made delinquency outcomes less likely.Implications Study implications are discussed as they relate to professionals working in the fields of child welfare, social work, mental health and juvenile justice. Awareness of risks associated with maltreatment may have led to effective interventions, while there may be less awareness of risks from depression in young people; however, studies tend not to take account of intervention variables. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Maltreatment To Delinquency Linkmentioning

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Predicting juvenile delinquency: The nexus of childhood maltreatment, depression and bipolar disorder

Mallett

Dare

Seck

2009

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…A history of maltreatment is consistently found within delinquent youth populations (Lemmon, 1999;Smith and Thornberry, 1995;Wiebush, McNulty, and Le, 2000). However, maltreatment's specific impact, type, or duration is unclear.…”

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Explicating Correlates of Juvenile Offender Detention Length: The Impact of Race, Mental Health Difficulties, Maltreatment, Offense Type, and Court Dispositions

2011

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Detention and confinement are widely acknowledged juvenile justice system problems which require further research to understand the explanations for these outcomes. Existing juvenile court, mental health, and child welfare histories were used to explicate factors which predict detention length in this random sample of 342 youth from one large, urban Midwestern county in the United States. Data from this sample revealed eight variables which predict detention length. Legitimate predictors of longer detention length such as committing a personal crime or violating a court order were nearly as likely in this sample to predict detention length as other extra-legal predictors such as race, court disposition for mental health problems, child welfare involvement, and child physical abuse victimization. Many of the factors that increase duration of detention are actually disadvantages that these youth endure; therefore preventative and intervention measures are in order.

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“…Néanmoins, un des domaines de la recherche qui s'est immanquablement attardé aux femmes concerne les conséquences développementales des mauvais traitements durant l'enfance. De manière générale, les mauvais traitements sont associés à une série de conséquences développementales problé-matiques, telles la délinquance et la violence, la violence conjugale, la consommation de drogues ainsi que l'intériorisation de problèmes comme les symptômes dépressifs (Ireland et Widom, 1994 ;Smith et Thornberry, 1995 ;Kakar, 1996 ;Kaplan et al, 1999 ;Lemmon, 1999 ;Thornberry et al, 2001 ;Elliott et al, 2002). Malgré tout, rares sont les recherches qui se sont attardées aux conséquences à long terme des mauvais traitements infligés aux filles en recourant à des études prospectives menées auprès d'échantillons puisés dans la collectivité selon des critères précis.…”

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Les conséquences développementales de la maltraitance des filles1

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Ireland

2005

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Objet : L’étude traite des conséquences des mauvais traitements, corroborés par des instances officielles, sur le comportement antisocial et sur d’autres indicateurs connexes chez les femmes d’un échantillon longitudinal et représentatif de la ville de Rochester aux États-Unis.Méthodologie : Les données proviennent de l’étude de Rochester sur le développement des jeunes, une étude de cohortes portant sur l’apparition de problèmes comportementaux à partir d’un échantillon de 1 000 jeunes suivis de l’âge de 13 ans jusqu’à l’âge adulte. Les analyses se concentrent uniquement sur les 271 adolescentes d’origine afro-américaine ou hispanique de l’échantillon. La consultation des registres du Service de protection de l’enfance du comté a permis de découvrir 74 (27 %) filles ayant subi des mauvais traitements. Les conséquences qui seront analysées sont les arrestations, la délinquance et la violence autorapportées, la consommation de drogues, les problèmes liés à la consommation d’alcool, la violence subie et manifestée dans les relations de couple, les symptômes dépressifs et les risques de contracter des maladies transmises sexuellement (MTS) et le SIDA au début de l’âge adulte (20-22 ans).Résultats : Les analyses bivariées indiquent que la maltraitance est associée à plusieurs conséquences négatives au début de l’âge adulte. La régression logistique, qui contrôle les variables sociodémographiques et la délinquance juvénile, confirme que la maltraitance augmente les risques d’apparition de plusieurs conséquences négatives. Les résultats suggèrent également que l’abus sexuel peut avoir des répercussions particulièrement graves chez les jeunes femmes.Implications : La présente recherche vise l’amélioration des programmes de prévention et de traitement pour les jeunes femmes ayant été abusées et négligées au cours de l’enfance.Purpose: The current study investigates the impact of substantiated maltreatment on antisocial behavior and other outcomes among young adult women in a representative community sample followed longitudinally.Methods: Data come from the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS), a cohort study of the development of problem behaviors in a sample of 1,000 urban youth followed from age 13 into adulthood. Subjects include 68% African American, 17% Hispanic, and 15% White youth. This analysis focuses only on the 271 young women in the panel. County Child Protective Service records were searched and 74 (27%) of the young women experienced substantiated maltreatment. Outcomes include arrest, self-reported general and violent offending, drug use, problem alcohol use, partner violence perpetration and victimization, depressive symptoms, and STD/HIV risk in early adulthood (ages 20-22).Results: We find that experiencing substantiated maltreatment increases the risk of most outcomes at the bivariate level. Employing logistic regression, maltreatment increases the odds of several negative consequences after controlling for confounding sociodemographic variables including poverty, family structure, parental educat...

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How child maltreatment affects dimensions of juvenile delinquency in a cohort of low-income urban youths

Cited by 52 publications

References 21 publications

Predicting juvenile delinquency: The nexus of childhood maltreatment, depression and bipolar disorder

Predicting juvenile delinquency: The nexus of childhood maltreatment, depression and bipolar disorder

Explicating Correlates of Juvenile Offender Detention Length: The Impact of Race, Mental Health Difficulties, Maltreatment, Offense Type, and Court Dispositions

Les conséquences développementales de la maltraitance des filles1

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