Linking Childhood and Adult Criminality: Using a Life Course Framework to Examine Childhood Abuse and Neglect, Substance Use and Adult Partner Violence

Linking Childhood and Adult Criminality: Using a Life Course Framework to Examine Childhood Abuse and Neglect, Substance Use and Adult Partner Violence

Child abuse and neglect, considered criminal acts under the Criminal Code of Canada, play an important role in substance use, violence, and other criminal behaviour in adulthood. We adopted the life course perspective to identify modifiable contextual influences and co-occurring individual, social,...

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Main Authors: Patricia O'Campo, Cheryl Pedersen, Heidi Borenstein, Sarah Hamilton-Wright, Nihaya Daoud, Anita Minh, Flora I. Matheson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-10-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
life course
intergenerational patterns
child abuse
substance use
criminality
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/11/5470

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