Two of the major social issues demanding attention from the criminal justice system today are violent juvenile crime and the abuse of children. Neither of these problems shares in the general declining trend of other forms of crime. For the five-year period from 1980-84, arrests for crimes of violence increased by four percent, while index crime arrests as a whole decreased (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1985). Among juveniles aged 16 through 18, 1983 arrest rates for violent crimes showed an increase over the two previous years. Estimates of the incidence of child abuse vary from 200,000 to 1 1/2 million cases annually (Straus & Gelles, 1980; Smith, Berkman & Fraser, 1980; Forer, 1980; Steele, 1982), with many children being repeatedly ...
Research indicates that the prevalence of child abuse or neglect among delinquent offenders is subst...
The purpose of this project is to examine the effects of The Children\u27s Exposure to Domestic Vio...
Child maltreatment in the United States has long been an issue and still is despite recent efforts f...
It is reasonably well established that those who suffer physical abuse as children are more likely t...
Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major social problem. Th...
Although a disproportionate number of criminals have been found retrospectively to have been victims...
This study uses data from the 1997 Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities to examine the...
There has been some speculation that abuse/neglect may lead to later antisocial behavior by the abus...
There is another connection that can be seen between serial killers besides the titles as such; faci...
In the United States, child abuse is defined as the physical maltreatment or sexual molestation of a...
We evaluated the extent to which aggressive victims show unique developmental pathways that are diff...
Although juvenile crime rates have been decreasing rapidly in the last three decades, 2,805 children...
Provides a statistical portrait of juvenile homicide victimization by drawing on FBI and other data....
Previous research has found that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can affect delinquent behavior...
In recent years, federal and state-level criminal justice reforms have softened the punitive respons...
Research indicates that the prevalence of child abuse or neglect among delinquent offenders is subst...
The purpose of this project is to examine the effects of The Children\u27s Exposure to Domestic Vio...
Child maltreatment in the United States has long been an issue and still is despite recent efforts f...
It is reasonably well established that those who suffer physical abuse as children are more likely t...
Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major social problem. Th...
Although a disproportionate number of criminals have been found retrospectively to have been victims...
This study uses data from the 1997 Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities to examine the...
There has been some speculation that abuse/neglect may lead to later antisocial behavior by the abus...
There is another connection that can be seen between serial killers besides the titles as such; faci...
In the United States, child abuse is defined as the physical maltreatment or sexual molestation of a...
We evaluated the extent to which aggressive victims show unique developmental pathways that are diff...
Although juvenile crime rates have been decreasing rapidly in the last three decades, 2,805 children...
Provides a statistical portrait of juvenile homicide victimization by drawing on FBI and other data....
Previous research has found that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can affect delinquent behavior...
In recent years, federal and state-level criminal justice reforms have softened the punitive respons...
Research indicates that the prevalence of child abuse or neglect among delinquent offenders is subst...
The purpose of this project is to examine the effects of The Children\u27s Exposure to Domestic Vio...
Child maltreatment in the United States has long been an issue and still is despite recent efforts f...