RT Article
T1 Sociodemographic Characteristics, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders Among Adolescent-Limited, Adult-Onset, Life-Course-Persistent Offenders and Nonoffenders in a General Population Survey
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 12
SP 1729
OP 1753
A1 Kerridge, Bradley T.
A2 Chou, S. Patricia
A2 Harford, Thomas C.
A2 Huang, Boji
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1738302245
AB This study compared sociodemographic characteristics, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and substance use and psychiatric disorders between adolescent-limited (AL), adult-onset (AO), life-course-persistent (LP) and nonoffender (NO) groups using a large U.S. general population survey. The odds of experiencing several ACEs were greater among each offender group relative to NOs. LP offenders experience more ACEs than AL and AO offenders. Each offender group generally experienced greater substance use and psychopathology than NOs, whereas LP offenders experienced more substance use and psychopathology than AO and AL offenders. The results of this study identified several sociodemographic factors, ACEs, and types of psychopathology that differentiate AL, AO, LP, and NO offenders that can help inform prevention and intervention strategies designed to prevent offending and shorten criminal careers.
K1 Offender prototypes
K1 Sociodemographic factors
K1 ACEs
K1 Substance use
K1 Psychiatric disorders
DO 10.1177/0011128720915697