NCJ Number
181630
Journal
Child Abuse Review Volume: 8 Issue: 6 Dated: November/ December 1999 Pages: 419-432
Date Published
November 1999
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This article reviews the kind of childhood experiences of young people referred to secure accommodation.
Abstract
Young people referred to secure residential accommodation often present with a multitude of adverse childhood experiences and it is frequently these dysfunctional backgrounds that prove to be the instigators of their severely disruptive and antisocial behavior. This article describes the life-events of one young man referred to a specialist secure unit for juveniles. The article highlights the influence of childhood maltreatment on the acquisition of delinquent behavior, while also acknowledging the additional contributory factors on the pathway to serious crime. Analysis was carried out using the multiple sequential functional analysis technique. This analysis looks at the relationship between an individual and his or her environment. Functional analysis does not assume causality. It merely suggests that a functional relationship or association between events may result from their order of occurrence. Tables, figure, references