Cumulative Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Criminal Justice and Behavior Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1177/00938548241267230

Miranda G. Yannon, Romain Decrop, Mytien Le, Sam Beery, Carolyn J. Tompsett

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Abstract

This meta-analysis quantitatively synthesizes existing literature to investigate the relationship between aggregations of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and recidivism among court-involved youth and adults. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were followed, and moderation analyses were conducted. Sixteen studies (published n = 12), encompassing 101,778 unique participants (girls/women = 21.1%; adults n = 1,204), met the inclusion criteria. A small overall effect size revealed that an accumulation of ACEs increased the odds of reoffending. The relationship between ACEs and recidivism was only statistically significant for the subgroup of studies using youth samples. In addition, ACEs only predicted recidivism in the subgroup of published studies (compared to dissertations). Other moderators (gender, study location, recidivism time frame) were not significant. Our results suggest that courts, particularly youth courts, would benefit from screening for cumulative ACEs to help identify those most at risk for reoffending and in need of intervention.

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累积性童年不良经历 (ACE) 与累犯：元分析

本荟萃分析对现有文献进行了定量综合，研究了不良童年经历（ACE）的累积与涉案青少年和成年人累犯之间的关系。研究遵循了《系统综述和元分析首选报告项目》指南，并进行了调节分析。符合纳入标准的研究有 16 项（已发表 n = 12），涉及 101,778 名参与者（女孩/女性 = 21.1%；成人 n = 1,204 人）。研究结果表明，ACEs 的累积会增加再次犯罪的几率，但总体效应较小。只有在使用青少年样本的研究分组中，ACE 与累犯之间的关系才具有统计学意义。此外，ACE 只在已发表研究（与论文相比）的子组中预测累犯率。其他调节因素（性别、研究地点、累犯时间框架）并不显著。我们的研究结果表明，法院，尤其是青少年法院，可以通过筛查累积的 ACE 来帮助识别那些最有可能重新犯罪和需要干预的人。

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Criminal Justice and Behavior Multiple-

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4.00

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期刊介绍： Criminal Justice and Behavior publishes articles examining psychological and behavioral aspects of the juvenile and criminal justice systems. The concepts "criminal justice" and "behavior" should be interpreted broadly to include analyses of etiology of delinquent or criminal behavior, the process of law violation, victimology, offender classification and treatment, deterrence, and incapacitation.