@article{ref1,
title="Victim as offender in youth violence",
journal="Annals of emergency medicine",
year="1995",
author="Cannon, P. and Richmond, P. W. and Farrington, David P. and Shepherd, Jonathan P. and Rivara, Frederick P.",
volume="26",
number="5",
pages="609-614",
abstract="STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine how often adolescent and young adult victims of assaultive injury are offenders in assaults and other crimes. DESIGN: Comparison of 10- to 24-year-old males treated in the accident and emergency department for assault-related injuries to similar-aged males treated in the same department for unintentional injuries. Police records were searched on both groups for warnings or convictions. SETTING: Accident and emergency department of the Cardiff Royal Infirmary. RESULTS: Assault patients were significantly more likely to be formally warned or convicted, and they had a higher mean number of warnings or convictions per 100 person-years of exposure, than other injury patients. These differences were most pronounced for the younger patients and for the year following the injury. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that many young male assault patients either have a history of criminal activity or develop criminal behavior subsequent to their assault and may benefit from appropriate intervention aimed at interrupting the cycle of crime and violence.",
language="",
issn="0196-0644",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}