Howell Kathryn H, Cater Åsa K, Miller-Graff Laura E, Schwartz Laura E, Graham-Bermann Sandra A
Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, 356 Psychology Building, Memphis, TN, 38152-3230, USA.
Örebro University, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2017 Oct;27(4):341-353. doi: 10.1002/cbm.2002. Epub 2016 Apr 22.
Previous research suggests that some types of childhood abuse and neglect are related to an increased likelihood of perpetrating criminal behaviour in adulthood. Little research, however, has examined associations between multiple different types of childhood victimisation and adult criminal behaviour.
We sought to examine the contribution of multiple and diverse childhood victimisations on adult criminal behaviour. Our central hypothesis was that, after controlling for gender, substance use and psychopathy, each type of childhood victimisation - specifically experience of property offences, physical violence, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and witnessed violence - would be positively and independently related to criminal behaviour in young adults.
We examined data from a large, nationally representative sample of 2244 young Swedish adults who reported at least one form of victimisation, using hierarchical regression analysis to also account for gender, substance use and psychopathy.
Experiences of physical assaults, neglect and witnessing violence as a child were significantly associated with adult criminal behaviour, but not experiences of property, verbal or sexual victimizations.
Our findings help to identify those forms of harm to children that are most likely to be associated with later criminality. Even after accounting for gender, substance misuse and psychopathology, childhood experience of violence - directly or as a witness - carries risk for adulthood criminal behaviour, so such children need targeted support and treatment. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
先前的研究表明，某些类型的童年期虐待和忽视与成年后实施犯罪行为的可能性增加有关。然而，很少有研究考察多种不同类型的童年期受害经历与成年后犯罪行为之间的关联。
我们试图研究多种不同类型的童年期受害经历对成年后犯罪行为的影响。我们的核心假设是，在控制了性别、物质使用和心理变态因素后，每一种童年期受害经历——具体而言，财产犯罪经历、身体暴力、言语虐待、性虐待、忽视以及目睹暴力——都将与年轻成年人的犯罪行为呈正相关且独立相关。
我们研究了来自2244名瑞典年轻成年人的具有全国代表性的大样本数据，这些人报告了至少一种受害经历，并使用分层回归分析来考虑性别、物质使用和心理变态因素。
儿童期遭受身体攻击、忽视以及目睹暴力的经历与成年后的犯罪行为显著相关，但财产、言语或性侵害经历则不然。
我们的研究结果有助于确定那些最有可能与日后犯罪行为相关的儿童期伤害形式。即使在考虑了性别、物质滥用和精神病理学因素之后，童年期直接经历暴力或目睹暴力仍会增加成年后犯罪行为的风险，因此这类儿童需要有针对性的支持和治疗。版权所有© 2016约翰·威利父子有限公司。
