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Richard A Van Dorn1, James Herbert Williams
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, DUMC, Durham, NC 27701, USA. rvandorn@psych.duhs.duke.edu
Abstract:
This study investigates the extent to which attitudes, family, and environmental correlates are associated with the escalation from nonviolent to violent offending among incarcerated youths. Escalation was defined as an adjudicated violent offense only after arrests and adjudications exclusively for nonviolent offenses. Data were collected from 50 respondents (25 escalators and 25 maintainers of nonviolent offending) incarcerated in a secure facility in the midwestern United States. Beliefs that power equates safety and a violent home environment were salient in understanding escalation in offending behavior, and prior criminal victimization was moderately significant. Implications for individual and family preventive interventions and delinquency theories are discussed.
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