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Incarcerated children more likely to have had adverse experiences
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30125
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , adverse childhood experiences , commission , intervention (counseling) , juvenile , economic justice , psychology , population , criminology , substance use , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , political science , mental health , biology , law , genetics
Children who experience trauma are more likely to develop delinquency, including substance use disorders, later on, and a new study shows that the vast majority of children who are incarcerated were traumatized earlier in their lives. In “Adverse Childhood Experiences in the New Mexico Juvenile Justice Population,” published last month by the New Mexico Sentencing Commission, the researchers show that the intervention is needed in these children's lives before they get involved with the justice system.