title: Second-Generation Prisoners and the Transmission of Domestic Violence.
abstract: Adult inmates who experienced the incarceration of a parent, known as "second-generation prisoners," experience unique challenges and are at heightened risk for experiencing other adversities throughout the life span. Our study investigated one specific, and previously unexplored, type of adversity--domestic violence--within a sample of 293 incarcerated adults. We examined the relation between generation status (first- or second-generation prisoners), childhood exposure to domestic violence, and participation in adult relationship violence prior to incarceration. Results indicate that prisoners who had been exposed to domestic violence in childhood were more likely to engage in intimate partner violence resulting in inflicted and received injury. Relative to first-generation prisoners, second-generation prisoners reported more childhood domestic violence exposure and were more likely to have been injured by a relationship partner. However, this relation between second-generation status and injury victimization was mediated by domestic violence exposure. These results support an intergenerational pattern of domestic violence and suggest that second-generation prisoners are a unique population worthy of future investigation and mental health intervention.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA jlw3wa@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Joanna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Will
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Ann B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Loper
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Shelly L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000069581:Exposure to Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: children exposed to domestic violence; dating violence; domestic violence; intergenerational transmission of trauma