Does Child Maltreatment Predict Adult Crime? Reexamining the Question in a Prospective Study of Gender Differences, Education, and Marital Status

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2238-2257

  Jung, Hyunzee ^a   Herrenkohl, Todd I ^a   Klika, J Bart ^b   Lee, Jungeun Olivia ^c   Brown, Eric C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

child maltreatment; crime; gender; SES

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84936966528     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260514552446     Document Type: Article

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