NCJ Number
89654
Date Published
1982
Length
50 pages
Annotation
Reported victims of child abuse are more likely than comparison subjects to come from low socioeconomic status, welfare dependent, and mobile families; to show low academic achievement and poor social adjustment in school; and to become delinquent.
Abstract
This longitudinal study addresses significant methodological gaps in the state-of-the-art literature on child victimization by using a prospective research design and comparison samples matched to 900 victims of earlier child abuse. Victims and comparison subjects are contrasted on social and demographic factors and on several long-term adjustment factors: school adjustment, delinquency, and adult criminality. Implications for intervention strategies are discussed. Tables and about 40 references are included. (Author abstract modified)