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This book uses life-course longitudinal data collected from a national probability sample of respondents over a span of nearly three decades to examine the impact of multiple forms of exposure to violence in adolescence on a broad range of outcomes in adulthood. The forms of adolescent exposure to violence include general violence victimization, parental physical abuse, witnessing parental violence, and exposure to neighborhood violence. The adult outcomes include adult educational attainment, employment, marital status, income and wealth, mental health, life satisfaction, illicit and problem substance use, general violence victimization and perpetration, intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration, and arrest. The results demonstrate the complex pattern of how the different forms of exposure to violence in adolescence have varying effects on different types of adult outcomes, and matter differently for females and males. Based on these results, implications for theory, policy, and future research are considered.
List of contents
Preface
Dedication & Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Adolescent Exposure to Violence
Chapter 2 Study Design and Sample Characteristics
Chapter 3 Distribution of Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes
Chapter 4 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Socioeconomic Statuses
Chapter 5 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Mental Health
Chapter 6 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Substance Use
Chapter 7 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult General Violence
Victimization and Perpetration
Chapter 8 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Intimate Partner Violence
Victimization and Perpetration
Conclusion: Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes -
Implications for Theory and Practice
References
About the author
By Scott Menard and Herbert C. Covey
Summary
This book describes the complex relationships of different types of adolescent exposure to violence with diverse adult outcomes, including social statuses, mental health, substance use, violent victimization, and violence perpetration.
