Child Maltreatment and Delinquency Onset among African American Adolescent Males

Autor/inn/en	Williams, James Herbert; Van Dorn, Richard A.; Bright, Charlotte Lyn; Jonson-Reid, Melissa; Nebbitt, Von E.
Titel	Child Maltreatment and Delinquency Onset among African American Adolescent Males
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 20 (2010) 3, S.253-259 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731509347865
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Delinquency; Child Neglect; Child Abuse; Child Welfare; Juvenile Justice; Males; African Americans; Regression (Statistics); Mental Health; Therapy; Prevention; Intervention; Social Work; Parent Background; Educational Attainment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Kriminalität; Kindesvernachlässigung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindeswohl; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Afroamerikaner; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Psychohygiene; Therapie; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Soziale Arbeit; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	Child welfare and criminology research have increasingly sought to better understand factors that increase the likelihood that abused and neglected children will become involved in the juvenile justice system. However, few studies have addressed this relationship among African American male adolescents. The current study examines the relationship between child maltreatment (i.e., neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and other/mixed abuse) and the likelihood of a delinquency petition using a sample of African American males (N = 2,335) born before 1990. Multivariable logistic regression models compared those with a delinquency-based juvenile justice petition to those without. Results indicate that African American males with a history of neglect, physical abuse, or other/mixed abuse were more likely to be involved in the juvenile justice system than those without any child maltreatment. Additionally, multiple maltreatment reports, a prior history of mental health treatment, victimization, and having a parent who did not complete high school also increased the likelihood of a delinquency petition. Implications for intervention and prevention are discussed. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10