What Goes Around Comes Around: Long-Term Effects of Early Victimization on Adolescent and Adult Criminality

• In Event: Linking Childhood Experiences to Adult Victimization and Offending

Abstract

The juvenile population, in particular, is of interest to criminologists and psychologists, as there is evidence to suggest that childhood victimization as well as hostile environments greatly impact individuals’ behavior and adjustment later in life. Utilizing Esbensen's (2003) Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Program in the United States, 1995-1999, the current study examines whether students who were victimized during childhood are more likely than their counterparts to attack someone with a weapon in subsequent years.

Author

• Stephanie Huberman, The University of Texas at Dallas