@article{ref1,
title="Does child abuse and neglect increase risk for perpetration of violence inside and outside the home?",
journal="Psychology of violence",
year="2015",
author="Milaniak, Izabela and Widom, Cathy Spatz",
volume="5",
number="3",
pages="246-255",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine the extent to which abused and neglected children perpetrate 3 different types of violence within and outside the home (criminal violence, child abuse, and intimate partner violence) and determine whether childhood maltreatment leads to an increased risk for poly-violence perpetration. <br><br>METHOD: Using data from a prospective cohort design study, children (ages 0-11) with documented histories of physical and sexual abuse and/or neglect (n = 676) were matched with children without such histories (n = 520) and assessed in young adulthood (average age 29). Official criminal records in conjunction with self-report data were used to assess violent outcomes. <br><br>RESULTS: Compared with the control group, individuals with histories of child abuse and/or neglect were significantly more likely to be poly-violence perpetrators, perpetrating violence in all 3 domains (relative risk = 1.26). All forms of childhood maltreatment (physical and sexual abuse and neglect) significantly predicted poly-violence perpetration. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings expand the cycle of violence literature by combining the distinct literatures on criminal violence, child abuse, and partner violence to call attention to the phenomenon of poly-violence perpetration by maltreated children. Future research should examine the characteristics of maltreated children who become poly-violence perpetrators and mechanisms that lead to these outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2152-0828",
doi="10.1037/a0037956",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037956"
}