TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - The Relationship Between Child Sexual Abuse And Female Delinquency And Crime: A Prospective Study
JO  - Journal of research in crime and delinquency
A1  - Siegel, J. A.
A1  - Williams, L. M.
SP  - 71
EP  - 94
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0022-4278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427802239254
ID  - ref1
ER  -