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Abstract
Purpose
The current study addresses criticisms of the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) model, specifically its limited focus on adversities outside the home and gender-based differences. We compare a diverse set of expanded ACEs to seminal household-focused ACEs individually, cumulatively, and in their relationship with delinquency by gender.
Methods
Utilizing National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence data (NatSCEV I-III) (N = 5114), we compare seminal and expanded ACEs, examining their prevalence and individual and cumulative impact on delinquency for boys and girls.
Results
Results reveal gender similarities and disparities in the prevalence of ACEs and their association with delinquency. Seminal household-based ACEs are generally more prevalent and impactful among girls, while there is greater prevalence and salience of adversities outside the home for boys. Girls exhibit higher seminal ACEs scores and a corresponding greater association with delinquency than boys, while expanded ACEs scores show no significant gender differences in prevalence or association with delinquency.
Conclusions
Findings suggest that the narrow focus of the seminal ACEs on household-based adversities may bias the index towards girls and underestimate adversities relevant to boys. Future research and practice should broaden the ACEs index to encompass contexts beyond the home.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest.
Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.