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Predicting Adolescent and Adult Antisocial Behavior Among Adjudicated Delinquent Females

Cernkovich, Stephen A., Lanctôt, Nadine, Giordano, Peggy C.·2008·Crime & Delinquency
DOI 10.1177/0011128706294395
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Studies identifying the mechanisms underlying the causes and consequences of antisocial behavior among female delinquents as they transit to adulthood are scarce and have important limitations: Most are based on official statistics, they typically are restricted to normative samples, and rarely do they gather prospective data from samples of high-risk females. By contrast, this research is based on a longitudinal sample of females who were interviewed initially in 1982 ( n = 127) when they were institutionalized adolescent offenders, and subsequently as young adults in 1995 ( n = 109). Our analyses, focusing on the impact of a variety of family factors derived from social control and strain theory, show that physical and sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence are potent predictors of adult criminality, though not of adolescent delinquency. The implications of the long-term negative impact of childhood and adolescent abuse are discussed, and concrete policy recommendations offered.

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  • Compared to other forms of childhood maltreatment, CPA is a particularly salient risk factor for delinquency and criminality among girls and women.

    “Third, compared to other forms of childhood maltreatment, CPA is a particularly salient risk factor for delinquency and criminality among girls and women (Cernkovich et al., 2008).”

    From Childhood Physical Abuse and Antisocial Traits: Mediating Role of Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Clusters (2022) · cites this paper as Cernkovich et al., 2008

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Authors
Cernkovich, S. A., Lanctôt, N., & Giordano, P. C.
Affiliations
  • Bowling Green State University (US)
  • Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
Corresponding author
Cernkovich, Stephen A.
ORCID
Venue
Crime & Delinquency
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2007-10-04
Volume
54
Issue
1
Pages
3-33
ISSN
  • 0011-1287 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-387X
DOI
10.1177/0011128706294395
OpenAlex
W2142353580
Cited by
105
References
85
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 7
FWCI
16.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Crime & Delinquency (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords
female delinquents, antisocial behavior, juvenile delinquency, adult criminality, childhood abuse, adolescent abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, family factors, social control theory, strain theory, coming of age, at-risk youth

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