Citation

Jackson SL, Komarovskaya I, Warren JI, Loper AB. Vict. Offender 2017; 12(4): 610-623.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15564886.2016.1219686

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The relationship between history of trauma and violence is well studied. However, the relationship between trauma and relational aggression is not. And yet relational aggression is of considerable relevance to the criminal justice system. This study was designed to extend the literature on trauma and violence by including a measure of relational aggression and testing for sex differences. The sample was comprised of incarcerated men (N = 125) and women (N = 141). Data were collected from inmate interviews and inmate completion of a battery of instruments. Regression analyses revealed that of three types of trauma, only a history of interpersonal nonsexual trauma predicted the perpetration of both relational aggression and physical aggression while incarcerated, although no sex differences emerged.

RESULTS provide guidance for intervention efforts.

Language: en

Keywords

violence; trauma; incarceration; relational aggression; sex differences