Childhood victimization and lifetime revictimization

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.12.006 Byline: Cathy Spatz Widom (a), Sally J. Czaja (a), Mary Ann Dutton (b) Keywords: Childhood victimization; Lifetime revictimization; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse; Neglect; Lifetime trauma and victimization history Abstract: To examine the fundamental hypothesis that childhood victimization leads to increased vulnerability for subsequent (re)victimization in adolescence and adulthood and, if so, whether there are differences in rates of experiencing traumas and victimizations by gender, race/ethnicity, and type of childhood abuse and/or neglect. Author Affiliation: (a) Psychology Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, USA (b) Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Article History: Received 3 August 2006; Revised 29 November 2007; Accepted 10 December 2007 Article Note: (footnote) [star] This research was supported in part by grants from NIMH (MH49467 and MH58386), NIJ (86-IJ-CX-0033 and 89-IJ-CX-0007), NICHD (HD40774), NIDA (DA17842 and DA10060), and NIAAA (AA09238 and AA11108). Points of view are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the United States Department of Justice.