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Summary
Researchers assessed whether family instability, childhood conduct disorder, and childhood abuse were correlated with criminal justice involvement or incarceration in a sample of homeless Veterans. Childhood conduct disorder was associated with both criminal justice involvement and incarceration. Family instability and childhood abuse were not associated with either outcome.
Citation
Tsai, J., Rosenheck, R. A. (2013). Childhood Antecedents of Incarceration and Criminal Justice Involvement Among Homeless Veterans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83, 545-549. doi:10.1111/ajop.12050