Adverse Childhood Experiences and Forensic Typologies: Getting Specific about Trauma among Institutionalized Youth

Ilma Jahic, Chad R. Trulson, Jonathan W. Caudill, Taea Bonner, Alexandra Slemaker and Matt DeLisi
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Ilma Jahic: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Chad R. Trulson: Department of Criminal Justice, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA
Jonathan W. Caudill: School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA
Taea Bonner: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Alexandra Slemaker: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Matt DeLisi: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-11

Abstract: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are linked to various conduct and behavior problems within juvenile delinquents, but fewer studies focused on these associations among specific forensic typologies of offending. Utilizing data from 3382 institutionalized delinquents in Texas, logistic regression models indicated multiple associations between ACEs and forensic typologies in both adjusted and unadjusted models, with sexual abuse and physical abuse emerging as the most consistent and robust predictors. Supplemental sensitivity models confirmed the associations between sexual abuse and physical abuse among youth who fit multiple forensic typologies. Models fared poorly at identifying youth who are engaged in fire setting. Implications for total and singular ACEs are discussed, along with how those relate to more clinically meaningful, forensic forms of juvenile delinquency.

Keywords: adverse childhood experiences; trauma; forensic typologies; crime; violence; psychopathology; juvenile delinquents; developmental psychopathology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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