Citation

Welfare HR, Hollin CR. J. Aggression Maltreat. Trauma 2015; 24(8): 955-969.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10926771.2015.1070230

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study describes the prevalence of traumatic childhood experiences and the extent of trauma-related symptomatology in a group of incarcerated young men within the Young People's prison estate in England. Semistructured interviews using the Trauma History Interview, the Intrusions and Ruminations Interview, and the Impact of Events Scale-Revised were conducted with 34 young men aged 15 to 17 years who had either murdered or committed serious violence and were serving indeterminate or long-term sentences. Many of the young men had experienced high levels of childhood trauma, and some were still experiencing trauma related to the committal of their offenses approximately 18 months after their offenses had been committed. This is an important finding in relation to the prevalence of unrecognized and untreated traumatized young prisoners.

Language: en