Session Overview
Existing studies point to increasing relationships between child abuse and criminal offending in adulthood. However, little is known about how child abuse and neglect victimization and out of home placement predict arrests for serious offenses such as murder and homicide, at childhood. This study assessed predictive pathways linking child abuse and neglect victimization and out of home placement to arrest for serious offenses as a child.
Prevalence of child abuse and neglect, out of home placement, and arrest for serious offenses in 87 counties in Minnesota were assessed using bivariate and multivariate approaches. Analyses of race differences addressed the consistency of path coefficients across race. Results for 87 counties showed that child abuse and neglect victimization and out of home placement predicted involvement in serious crimes as a child. Implications for policy, advocacy, law enforcement, and research will be discussed.
Presenter
Kingsley Chigbu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of St Thomas, College of Health, School of Social Work
Dr. Chigbu is assistant professor at University of St Thomas, College of Health, School of Social Work, where he teaches primarily in the doctoral program and serves as the doctoral program assessment coordinator. He supervises doctoral students completing their doctoral dissertations in a range of topics and conducts research in areas such as: violence, trauma and vulnerability prevention and intervention.