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    Child Maltreatment and Adult Criminal Behavior: Does Criminal Thinking Explain The Association?

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    The document summarizes a study that examines whether criminal thinking explains the association between child maltreatment and adult criminal behavior. It is known that childhood abuse can lead to criminal behavior as an adult, but the reasons for this are unclear. The study aimed to explore if criminal thinking patterns mediate this relationship. 385 male prisoners were given questionnaires about their childhood experiences, criminal thinking, and criminal histories. The results found correlations between childhood sexual abuse and later sexual offenses, as well as other childhood issues and adult crimes. While criminal thinking patterns were linked to both childhood abuse and adult behavior, the study did not conclusively prove causation. This raises questions about whether criminal thinking, childhood trauma, and criminal acts are interconnected parts of cognitive development.

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    The document summarizes a study that examines whether criminal thinking explains the association between child maltreatment and adult criminal behavior. It is known that childhood abuse can lead to criminal behavior as an adult, but the reasons for this are unclear. The study aimed to explore if criminal thinking patterns mediate this relationship. 385 male prisoners were given questionnaires about their childhood experiences, criminal thinking, and criminal histories. The results found correlations between childhood sexual abuse and later sexual offenses, as well as other childhood issues and adult crimes. While criminal thinking patterns were linked to both childhood abuse and adult behavior, the study did not conclusively prove causation. This raises questions about whether criminal thinking, childhood trauma, and criminal acts are interconnected parts of cognitive development.

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    The document summarizes a study that examines whether criminal thinking explains the association between child maltreatment and adult criminal behavior. It is known that childhood abuse can lead to criminal behavior as an adult, but the reasons for this are unclear. The study aimed to explore if criminal thinking patterns mediate this relationship. 385 male prisoners were given questionnaires about their childhood experiences, criminal thinking, and criminal histories. The results found correlations between childhood sexual abuse and later sexual offenses, as well as other childhood issues and adult crimes. While criminal thinking patterns were linked to both childhood abuse and adult behavior, the study did not conclusively prove causation. This raises questions about whether criminal thinking, childhood trauma, and criminal acts are interconnected parts of cognitive development.

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    Child Maltreatment and Adult Criminal Behavior: Does Criminal Thinking Explain The Association?

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    JG

    NYU Summer\\
    August 12, 2015
    Child maltreatment and adult criminal behavior: Does criminal thinking explain the association?

    I came across a study on criminal adult behavior in relation to child maltreatment. The article
    begins by mentioning the known and established notion that abnormal conditions experiences in
    childhood often result in adverse behaviors as an adult. Early victimization often results in adult
    criminal offending. Despite knowing this fact, researchers are not fully sure as to why this
    occurs. Rather, the phenomenon that occurs in between victimization and criminal adulthood.
    The study proposes looking at criminal thinking styles as a way to begin finding out why this is
    the case.
    Criminality is not an inevitable outcome of child maltreatment and delinquency but the social
    learning experience alone is enough to promote a higher likelihood of the aforementioned
    happening. Some theories propose the idea that individuals who are exposed directly or
    indirectly to violent or abusive experiences (e.g., sexual and physical abuse, witnessing domestic
    violence) early in development may be more likely to adopt corresponding attitudes and beliefs
    emphasizing the reinforcing qualities of violence and engage in offensive or abusive behaviors
    later on in life. Certain thinking are known predictors of adult criminal behavior. For example,
    individuals who engage in criminal behavior report more cognitive distortion than those who
    who dont engage in these behaviors. We are aware of these connections yet still dont know
    what is the connection between the two. The researchers seeks to figure out by conducting a
    study in a prison.
    385 random male prisoners who were recently adjudicated were selected for the study (only 338

    participated due to missing/inaccessible records. A series of questionnaires was provided asking


    various things in relation to ones child maltreatment history, criminal thinking and other sections.
    Their criminal records were also reviewed by research assistants in an effort to classify every
    prisoner and assess their thought processes. Likelihoods of committing crimes were put on a
    scale of 1 to 5. All participants were compensated and informed that participation would have no
    effect on their legal status or standing within the prison.
    As it turns out, sexual abuse and sexual offense as an adult were correlated as well as other
    criminal behaviors and their corresponding transgressions in childhood. The findings were
    consistent with the possibility that cognitive distortions originating from child maltreatment.
    However, there was no evidence of conclusive causation. This brings about the larger question of
    whether or not criminal thinking, childhood maltreatment and criminal behaviors are actually
    operating parts of a larger whole of cognitive development.

    http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1652&context=psychfacpub

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