Trauma, Race, and Risk for Violent Felony Arrests Among Florida Juvenile Offenders

This study tests the assumptions of the The Childhood Trauma Model, which proposes that marginalized populations are both more likely to have traumatic childhoods and more criminalized than those in the upper echelons of society. It hypothesizes that traumatic childhood experiences increase risk of...

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Published in:Crime and delinquency 2018-10, Vol.64 (11), p.1437-1457
Main Author: Johnson, Micah E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggressiveness
Arrests
Child abuse & neglect
Childhood experiences
Childhood factors
Crime
Criminology
Disadvantaged
Domestic violence
Felony
Juvenile offenders
Marginality
Minority groups
Race
Risk
Trauma
Traumatic life events
Violent crime
Youth
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Summary:This study tests the assumptions of the The Childhood Trauma Model, which proposes that marginalized populations are both more likely to have traumatic childhoods and more criminalized than those in the upper echelons of society. It hypothesizes that traumatic childhood experiences increase risk of being sanctioned for violent behavior, and risks are amplified for minority and disadvantaged groups. The study finds that experiencing three or more traumas had a 200% to 370% increased chance of being arrested for a violent felony as youth who experienced a single traumatic event, and Blacks had up to 300% increased risk than Whites with equal trauma scores.
ISSN:0011-1287
1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128717718487