@article{ref1,
title="Child Maltreatment and Offending Behavior",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2011",
author="Reynolds, Arthur J. and Mersky, Joshua P. and Topitzes, James",
volume="38",
number="5",
pages="492-510",
abstract="This study assessed the association between child maltreatment (ages 0—11) and offending behavior within gender-specific models. Prospectively collected data, including official measures of maltreatment and offending, were derived from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, a panel study of 1,539 low-income minority participants. Multivariate probit analyses revealed that maltreatment significantly predicted delinquency for males but not females yet forged a significant relation to adult crime for both genders. Exploratory, confirmatory, and comparative analyses suggested that mechanisms linking maltreatment to adult crime primarily differed across gender. For males, childhood-era externalizing behavior and school commitment along with adolescent-era socioemotional skills, delinquency, and educational attainment explained the maltreatment-crime nexus. For females, childhood-era parent factors along with adolescent indicators of externalizing behavior, cognitive performance, mobility, and educational attainment partially mediated the maltreatment—crime relation. Implications of results were explored.<p />",
language="",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854811398578",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854811398578"
}