While the impact of trauma on delinquency and offending has been studied in great depth,
less is known about the cumulative effects of adverse childhood experiences and how these …

Among juvenile offenders, those who commit the greatest number and the most violent
offenses are referred to as serious, violent, and chronic (SVC) offenders. However, current …

Purpose The main aim of this research is to investigate risk, promotive, risk-based protective,
and interactive protective factors for delinquency. Methods The Cambridge Study in …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been identified as a key risk factor for a range
of negative life outcomes, including delinquency. Much less is known about how exposure to …

Research over the past four decades on decision-making in the juvenile justice system has
frequently shown evidence of racial and ethnic disparity when it comes to processing …

The interrelatedness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in 64,329 juvenile offenders
was examined. ACEs include childhood abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual), neglect …

Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Ninth Edition, is a highly acclaimed textbook
offering a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology and …

Although research has oft-documented a maltreatment–delinquency link, the effect of
involvement in—and timing of—child welfare system involvement on offending has received …

Childhood maltreatment and inept parental disciplinary, attachment, and monitoring
practices evidence a relationship with early and severe childhood and adolescent …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with health-risk behaviors in general
samples of adults and adolescents. The current study examined the association between …