2013-09-192013-09-191998http://hdl.handle.net/11212/1077http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/fs000204.pdfUsing carefully developed methods for eliciting retrospective reports of childhood abuse and neglect, a new study of inmates in a New York prison found that 68 percent of the sample reported some form of childhood victimization and 23 percent reported experiencing multiple forms of abuse and neglect, including physical and sexual abuse. These findings provide support for the belief that the majority of incarcerated offenders have likely experienced some type of childhood abuse or neglect.pdfVictimizationStatistics -- Child abuseSocietyPhysical abuseNeglectLong-term effectsGenderEmotional abuseEffects -- SocialEffects -- Long termCo-occurrenceChild abuseAdverse childhood experienceAbuse-sexual -- physicalAbuse-sexual -- emotionalAbuse-sexualText