https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/cums-ac121420.php
News Release 16-Dec-2020
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
A new paper released by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reports a strong association between a high number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and contact with the U.S. justice system. Analyzing data from eleven studies, the researchers found that results were consistent across multiple types of justice system contact and across diverse geographic regions of the country. The findings are published in Pediatrics.
"We found consistent evidence that higher ACE scores are associated with greater risks of juvenile justice system contact in the United States," said Gloria Graf, a doctoral student in epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School, and first author.
ACEs are a set of childhood adversities, including household dysfunction, various forms of abuse and neglect, peer victimization and exposure to community violence occurring before the age of 18.
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