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Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes

Results from the National Youth Survey Family Study

Scott Menard Herbert C. Covey

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English
Lexington Books
17 June 2021
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.
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Imprint:   Lexington Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 160mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   567g
ISBN:   9781793650504
ISBN 10:   1793650500
Pages:   242
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Scott Menard is retired professor of criminal justice and criminology, most recently in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University. Herbert C. Covey is retired deputy director of the Adams County, Colorado, Human Services Department.

Reviews for Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes: Results from the National Youth Survey Family Study

With a deep-dive into victimization experiences for cohorts that moved into adulthood during the pandemic of youth violence of the 1980s, Menard extends thinking on factors in adolescence that undermine personal and social well-being deep into later life. With the remarkably rich National Youth Survey Family Study as a base, the research makes a convincing case for the unique and powerful role of exposure to violence in the (re)production of inequalities in American society. It is an important message, one with broad implications that helps us understand the past and warns of challenges for the future.--Ross Macmillan, University of Limerick


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