The cycle of violence - Revisited 6 years later
The cycle of violence - Revisited 6 years later
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DOI：
10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170290056009
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发表时间：
1996-04-01
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通讯作者：
Widom, CS
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作者：
Maxfield, MG;Widom, CS
目的：评估虐待和忽视儿童对犯罪、成人犯罪和暴力犯罪行为的长期影响。设计：前瞻性队列设计将虐待和忽视案例与对照案例进行匹配。虐待或忽视后 22 至 26 年的后续数据收集。地点：中西部的一个大都市区。参与者：从 1967 年至 1971 年获得的法庭记录中确定的经证实的虐待或忽视儿童案件 (n=908) 比较组在出生日期、种族、性别和大致社会阶层上进行匹配 (n=667)。目前的平均年龄为 32.5 岁。 主要结果指标：截至 1994 年中期，从地方、州和联邦执法机构收集的非交通犯罪和暴力犯罪的官方逮捕记录。结果：与对照组相比，遭受虐待或忽视的儿童受害者更有可能因任何非交通犯罪（49% 对 38%）和暴力犯罪（18% 对 14%）而被青少年或成年人逮捕。在控制了年龄、种族和性别后，身体虐待和被忽视儿童的受害者更有可能因暴力被捕（比值比分别为 1.9 和 1.6）。 结论：童年虐待和忽视对因犯罪、成人犯罪和暴力而被捕的可能性有显着影响。到 32 岁时，几乎一半的虐待和忽视受害者因非交通犯罪而被捕。通过应对虐待和忽视儿童事件，医疗保健专业人员可以在预防未来暴力方面发挥重要作用。必须更多地关注被忽视的儿童受害者以及不同性别、种族或民族的虐待和忽视后果的差异。
Objective: To assess the long-term effects of child abuse and neglect on delinquency, adult criminality, and violent criminal behavior.Design: Prospective cohorts design that matched cases of abuse and neglect with those of controls. Follow-up data collection at 22 to 26 years following abuse or neglect.Setting: A metropolitan area in the Midwest.Participants: Substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect identified from court records that were obtained from 1967 through 1971 (n=908) Comparison group matched on the date of birth, race, sex, and approximate social class (n=667). The current mean age was 32.5 years.Main Outcome Measures: Official arrest records for nontraffic and violent crimes collected from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies through mid-1994.Results: Childhood victims of abuse or neglect were more likely than controls to have a juvenile or adult arrest for any nontraffic offense (49% vs 38%) and for a violent crime (18% vs 14%). Victims of physical abuse and neglected children were more likely to be arrested for violence (odds ratios: 1.9 and 1.6, respectively), after controlling for age, race, and sex.Conclusions: Childhood abuse and neglect have a significant impact on the likelihood of arrest for delinquency, adult criminality, and violence. By the age of 32 years, almost half of the victims of abuse and neglect were arrested for a nontraffic offense. By responding to incidents of child abuse and neglect, health care professionals can play an important role in preventing future violence. More attention must be paid to childhood victims of neglect and to differences in the consequences of abuse and neglect by gender and race or ethnicity.