A growing body of literature has found that exposure to child maltreatment and other forms of family dysfunction, often conceptualized as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), are associated with delinquent and criminal behavior. Recent research has indicated that the effects of ACEs on offending may differ not only by offense type but also by sex and race/ethnicity. However, no study to-date has investigated the effects of ACEs on violent-specific recidivism, nor how these effects differ by sex- and racial/ethnic-specific subgroups. The current study seeks to address this gap by examining a large, diverse sample of serious delinquents institutionalized in a large southern state. The results indicated that while ACEs increased the likelihood of being rearrested for any violent felony, the effects were particularly strong for domestic violence and sexual offenses among white females and minority males. A discussion of these findings are presented, along with the limitations of the study.

越来越多的文献发现，暴露于儿童虐待和其他形式的家庭功能障碍（通常被概念化为不良儿童经历（ACE））与犯罪和犯罪行为有关。最近的研究表明，ACEs对犯罪的影响可能不仅因犯罪类型而异，而且因性别和种族/民族而异。但是，迄今为止，尚无任何研究调查过ACE对暴力特异性累犯的影响，以及这些影响在性别和种族/族裔特定亚组之间如何不同。当前的研究试图通过研究在南方一个大州收容的严重违法者的大量不同样本来解决这一差距。结果表明，尽管ACE增加了因任何暴力重罪而被再次逮捕的可能性，对于白人女性和少数民族男性中的家庭暴力和性犯罪，这种影响尤为明显。提出了对这些发现的讨论，以及研究的局限性。