TY - JOUR
T1 - The links between recurrent maltreatment and offending behaviour
AU - Hamilton, Catherine E.
AU - Falshaw, Louise
AU - Browne, Kevin D.
PY - 2002/2/1
Y1 - 2002/2/1
N2 - This article considers recurrent maltreatment and offending behaviour. The sample was 60 males and 19 females (I l to 18 years) resident within a secure institution in England and considered a risk to themselves and/or others. Overall. 20.8% had not experienced maltreatment, 6.5% had experienced a single incident, 11.7% were repeat victims (same perpetrator), 6.5% were revictimised (different perpetrators). and more than half (54.5%) had suffered both repeat and revictimisation. Of those who had committed a violent and/or sexual crime. 74% had experienced some form of revictimisation, compared to 33% of those who committed nonviolent offences. Those young people most likely to have committed violent and/or sexual crimes were those who had been victims of recurrent extrafamilial maltreatment (many of whom had also experiences' recurrent intrafamilial maltreatment). Thus, in this sample, revictimisation was associated with serious crimes. However, these findings are preliminary, and prospective research wits a larger sample is needed.
AB - This article considers recurrent maltreatment and offending behaviour. The sample was 60 males and 19 females (I l to 18 years) resident within a secure institution in England and considered a risk to themselves and/or others. Overall. 20.8% had not experienced maltreatment, 6.5% had experienced a single incident, 11.7% were repeat victims (same perpetrator), 6.5% were revictimised (different perpetrators). and more than half (54.5%) had suffered both repeat and revictimisation. Of those who had committed a violent and/or sexual crime. 74% had experienced some form of revictimisation, compared to 33% of those who committed nonviolent offences. Those young people most likely to have committed violent and/or sexual crimes were those who had been victims of recurrent extrafamilial maltreatment (many of whom had also experiences' recurrent intrafamilial maltreatment). Thus, in this sample, revictimisation was associated with serious crimes. However, these findings are preliminary, and prospective research wits a larger sample is needed.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X02461006
U2 - 10.1177/0306624X02461006
DO - 10.1177/0306624X02461006
M3 - Article
SN - 1552-6933
VL - 46
SP - 75
EP - 94
JO - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
JF - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
IS - 1
ER -