Rivera B, Widom C S
Department of Criminal Justice, Indiana University.
Violence Vict. 1990 Spring;5(1):19-35.
The relationship between childhood victimization and violent offending is examined using a prospective cohorts design. Official criminal histories for a large sample of substantiated and validated cases of physical and sexual abuse and neglect (N = 908) from the years 1967 through 1971 were compared to those of a matched control group (N = 667) of individuals with no official record of abuse or neglect. Sex-specific and race-specific effects of childhood victimization and other characteristics of violent offending (chronicity, age of onset, temporal patterns, and continuity) are assessed. Childhood victimization increased overall risk for violet offending and particularly increased risk for males and blacks. In comparison to controls, abused and neglected children began delinquent careers earlier. Temporal patterns of violet offending were examined and childhood victims did not differ in age of arrest for first violent offense, nor were they more likely to continue offending. The findings and their limitations are discussed, as well as directions for future research.
采用前瞻性队列设计研究童年期受侵害经历与暴力犯罪之间的关系。将1967年至1971年期间大量经证实和验证的身体虐待、性虐待及忽视案例（N = 908）的官方犯罪记录，与无虐待或忽视官方记录的匹配对照组（N = 667）的记录进行比较。评估童年期受侵害经历的性别和种族特异性影响以及暴力犯罪的其他特征（犯罪持续性、起始年龄、时间模式和连贯性）。童年期受侵害经历增加了暴力犯罪的总体风险，对男性和黑人的风险增加尤为明显。与对照组相比，受虐待和忽视的儿童更早开始犯罪生涯。研究了暴力犯罪的时间模式，童年期受侵害者首次暴力犯罪的被捕年龄并无差异，继续犯罪的可能性也没有更高。讨论了研究结果及其局限性，以及未来研究的方向。
