Andreas Bauer, Rafaela Costa Martins, Gemma Hammerton, Maurício Scopel Hoffmann, Andressa Souza Cardoso, Camila Colvara, Clarissa Fialho Hartmann, Gabriel Calegaro, Luciana Rodrigues Perrone, Nilvia Aurélio, Ana M B Menezes, Joseph Murray
This study aimed to investigate alternative approaches to a cumulative risk score in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and crime. Using data from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort (n = 3236), we measured 12 ACEs up to 15 years, and past-year violent and non-violent crime at 22 years. We used four analytical approaches: single adversities, cumulative risk, latent class analysis, and network analysis. When examined individually, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and domestic violence were associated with both crime outcomes, whereas maternal mental illness and discrimination were associated with violent crime only, and parental divorce and poverty with non-violent crime only...
February 19, 2024: Psychiatry Research