Schwartz I M, Rendon J A, Hsieh C M
School of Social Work/Center for the Study of Youth Policy, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, Philadelphia.
Child Welfare. 1994 Sep-Oct;73(5):639-55.
This article explores the assumption that child maltreatment is a major cause of juvenile delinquency. Although this relationship is widely accepted as fact, the research that exists in the literature so far is inconclusive at best, and at worst, deeply flawed. For too long, juvenile justice resources have been channeled into the apprehension and processing of youthful offenders, while relatively few dollars have gone into the research necessary to formulate a coherent strategy for solving the juvenile crime problem. Without funding for this much-needed research, the money we do spend on the control and prevention of juvenile crime is blindly spent.
本文探讨了一个假设，即虐待儿童是青少年犯罪的主要原因。尽管这种关系被广泛视为事实，但迄今为止文献中存在的研究充其量是没有定论的，最糟糕的是，存在严重缺陷。长期以来，青少年司法资源一直被用于逮捕和处理青少年罪犯，而用于制定解决青少年犯罪问题连贯战略所需研究的资金却相对较少。如果没有为这项急需的研究提供资金，我们在控制和预防青少年犯罪上所花费的资金就是盲目支出。
