Department of Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United Sates of America.
Psychology Department, John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2021 Mar 3;16(3):e0246682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246682. eCollection 2021.
The aim of this study is to determine whether basic housing, financial, and food insecurities in part explain the relationship between childhood neglect and violence as documented in the "cycle of violence" literature. Using a prospective cohort design, neglected children (under the age of 12) with court substantiated histories (1967-1971) in one metropolitan Midwest area and demographically matched non-neglected children were followed into adulthood. Housing, financial, and food insecurities were assessed in 2003-2005 interviews at mean age 41. Official arrest data were used to measure violence ever and from 2003 through 2013. Mediation was tested using probit structural equation modeling. Controlling for age, sex, and race, childhood neglect predicted violent arrests and housing, financial, and food insecurities in middle adulthood. Housing and financial securities predicted violent arrests ever and after 2003, whereas food insecurity only predicted any violent arrest ever. Housing and financial insecurities partially mediated the relationship between childhood neglect and violent criminal behavior. Greater attention and efforts need to focus on providing basic housing, financial, and food support for neglected children to reduce their risk for violent criminal behavior.
本研究旨在确定基本住房、财务和食品不安全感是否部分解释了“暴力循环”文献中记录的儿童忽视与暴力之间的关系。采用前瞻性队列设计，对一个中西部大都市地区有法庭证实的儿童忽视史（1967-1971 年）的 12 岁以下儿童和在人口统计学上匹配的未受忽视儿童进行了随访至成年。在 2003-2005 年平均年龄为 41 岁的访谈中评估了住房、财务和食品不安全感。使用官方逮捕数据衡量过去和 2003 年至 2013 年期间的暴力行为。使用概率结构方程模型检验中介作用。在控制年龄、性别和种族的情况下，儿童忽视预测了成年中期的暴力逮捕和住房、财务和食品不安全感。住房和财务安全预测了过去和 2003 年后的任何暴力逮捕，而食品不安全仅预测了过去的任何暴力逮捕。住房和财务不安全感部分中介了儿童忽视与暴力犯罪行为之间的关系。需要更加关注和努力为被忽视的儿童提供基本住房、财务和食品支持，以降低他们的暴力犯罪行为风险。
