@article{ref1,
title="The relationship of victimization through child abuse to aggressive delinquent behavior",
journal="Victimology",
year="1982",
author="Kratcoski, Peter C. and Kratcoski, Lucille Dunn",
volume="7",
number="1-4",
pages="199-203",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:The objective of this article by Kratcoski and Kratcoski was to examine youth who experienced violent abuse as a child and who later acted out violently towards immediate family members or caretakers.METHODOLOGY:This was a non-experimental case study of delinquent youths from the Ohio Youth Commission who were incarcerated in one of four institutions for serious male offenders. The authors surveyed the case files for 863 youths and abstracted and interpreted the data. The data typically included demographic information (sex, race, age, and nature and number of offenses) and case summaries which had information about family histories including victimization of the delinquent youth.FINDINGS/DISCUSSION:26% of the files reviewed indicated the individual youth had expereinced child abuse. 85% of the youth who were victims of child abuse were abused on more than one occasion. 45% of the abused youth had directed violence towards family members and/or caretakers, and 18% of nonabused youth committed violent acts towards family members or caretakers.AUTHORS' RECOMMENDATIONS:The authors state that it cannot be assumed that children who experience abuse are predisposed to abusive behavior. They stated that further study on contextual factors is needed. (CSPV Abstract - Copyright © 1992-2007 by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, Regents of the University of Colorado)KW  - OhioKW  - Child Abuse EffectsKW  - Child Abuse VictimKW  - Domestic Violence VictimKW  - Child VictimKW  - Child MaleKW  - Juvenile MaleKW  - Male OffenderKW  - Male VictimKW  - Male ViolenceKW  - Domestic Violence EffectsKW  - Domestic Violence CausesKW  - Juvenile OffenderKW  - Juvenile ViolenceKW  - Child Abuse-Violence LinkKW  - Child Physical Abuse VictimKW  - Child Physical Abuse EffectsKW  - Childhood VictimizationKW  - Early ExperienceKW  - Victim Turned Offender<p />",
language="en",
issn="0361-5170",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}