title: Effects of Physical and Emotional Child Abuse and Its Chronicity on Crime Into Adulthood.
abstract: Analyses tested hypotheses that pertain to direct and indirect effects of parent-reported physical and emotional abuse on later self-reported criminal behavior in a sample of 356 adults of a longitudinal study of more than 30 years. Childhood antisocial behavior was included in analyses as a potential mediator. Physical abuse only predicted adult crime indirectly through childhood antisocial behavior, whereas emotional abuse predicted adult outcome both directly and indirectly. Chronicity of physical abuse was indirectly related to later crime in a subsample test for those who had been physically abused (n=318), whereas chronicity of emotional abuse was neither directly nor indirectly related to adult crime in a test of those who had been emotionally abused (n=225). Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Hyunzee
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Todd I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Herrenkohl
authors.forename: Jungeun Olivia
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J Bart
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Klika
authors.forename: Martie L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data