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You Learn What You Live: Prevalence Of Childhood Adversity In The Lives Of Juveniles Arrested For Sexual Offenses, Jill S. Levenson, Michael Baglivio, Kevin T. Wolff, Nathan Epps, William Royall, Katherine C. Gomez, Dahlia Kaplan
You Learn What You Live: Prevalence Of Childhood Adversity In The Lives Of Juveniles Arrested For Sexual Offenses, Jill S. Levenson, Michael Baglivio, Kevin T. Wolff, Nathan Epps, William Royall, Katherine C. Gomez, Dahlia Kaplan
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Social workers often find themselves working with children or adolescents who have been victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including youths who have ended up in the juvenile justice system. Childhood trauma has been linked to negative health, mental health, and behavioral outcomes across the lifespan. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence rates of child maltreatment and household dysfunction in the lives of juveniles who have been arrested for sexual offenses (JSO; n = 6,549). ACE prevalence rates for JSOs were compared by gender to juveniles arrested for other crimes, to adults arrested for sexual offenses, …
Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Youth Reported To Child Welfare: Results From The National Survey Of Child & Adolescent Wellbeing, Antonio R. Garcia, Meera Gupta Md, Johanna K.P. Greeson, Allison E. Thompson, Christina Denard
Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Youth Reported To Child Welfare: Results From The National Survey Of Child & Adolescent Wellbeing, Antonio R. Garcia, Meera Gupta Md, Johanna K.P. Greeson, Allison E. Thompson, Christina Denard
Johanna K.P. Greeson, PhD, MSS, MLSP