@article{ref1,
title="The Relationship Between Child Sexual Abuse And Female Delinquency And Crime: A Prospective Study",
journal="Journal of research in crime and delinquency",
year="2003",
author="Siegel, J. A. and Williams, L. M.",
volume="40",
number="1",
pages="71-94",
abstract="Child sexual abuse has been hypothesized to be an especially significant factor in the etiology of girls' delinquency and women's crime. This article reports on a prospective study of 206 women who, in the period from 1973 to 1975, were treated in a hospital emergency room in a major city following a report of sexual abuse. Their subsequent juvenile and adult criminal records were compared to a matched comparison group. Child sexual abuse was a statistically significant predictor of certain types of offenses, but other indicators of familial neglect and abuse were significant factors as well.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-4278",
doi="10.1177/0022427802239254",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427802239254"
}