Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma Among Young People Who Offend: A Systematic Literature Review

Malvaso, CG (通讯作者),Univ Adelaide, Sch Psychol, Room 728,Hughes Bldg, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
2022-12
This systematic review synthesized current knowledge about the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among young people known to have offended and examined evidence of associations between ACEs, trauma symptoms, and offending behavior. A systematic search of English-language, peer-reviewed studies published from the year 2000 onwards was conducted. A final pool of 124 studies that reported quantitative data were included in the review. The Cambridge Quality Checklist for the assessment of studies on offending was used to assess methodological quality of included studies. Pooled data indicated that almost 87% of justice-involved young people across 13 countries experienced at least one traumatic event. The odds of experiencing at least one ACE were over 12 times greater for justice-involved young people compared with nonjustice-involved young people. Prevalence of individual ACEs ranged from 12.2% for childhood sexual abuse to 80.4% for parental separation among justice-involved young people. Those who reported both a higher number and multiple types of ACEs were more likely to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress symptoms. However, when considering only high-quality studies, there was minimal evidence to suggest that a higher incidence of ACEs predicted trauma symptoms or that trauma symptoms mediated the association between ACEs and offending behavior. Further research is needed to elucidate factors that differentiate young people exposed to ACEs who go on to offend from those who do not. This research is essential to understanding whether ACEs and trauma are drivers of offending behavior and for informing prevention and intervention strategies.
TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE
卷号:23|期号:5|页码:1677-1694
ISSN:1524-8380|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Adelaide; Griffith University; University of Adelaide; University of Melbourne; University of New South Wales Sydney
资助信息
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Catia G. Malvaso received supported from Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE200100679).
被引频次(WOS)
20
被引频次(其他)
20
180天使用计数
7
2013以来使用计数
36
EISSN
1552-8324
出版年
2022-12
DOI
10.1177/15248380211013132
关键词
child abuse neglect criminology PTSD violence exposure
资助机构
Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award(Australian Research Council) Australian Research Council(Australian Research Council)
WOS学科分类
Criminology & Penology Family Studies Social Work
学科领域
循证法学 循证社会学