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Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes

Results from the National Youth Survey Family Study

Scott Menard and Herbert C. Covey

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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Lexington Books
Pages: 242 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-7936-5050-4 • Hardback • June 2021 • $122.00 • (£94.00)
978-1-7936-5052-8 • Paperback • January 2025 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Psychology / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Psychology / Mental Health, Psychology / Social Psychology, Social Science / Criminology, Social Science / Social Work

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.

Preface

Dedication & Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Adolescent Exposure to Violence

Chapter 2 Study Design and Sample Characteristics

Chapter 3 Distribution of Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes

Chapter 4 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Socioeconomic Statuses

Chapter 5 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Mental Health

Chapter 6 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Substance Use

Chapter 7 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult General Violence

Victimization and Perpetration

Chapter 8 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Intimate Partner Violence

Victimization and Perpetration

Conclusion: Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes –

Implications for Theory and Practice

References

Menard and Covey examine how adolescent exposure to violence leads to problematic adult outcomes, e.g., intimate partner violence and substance use, as well as its adverse effect on positive beneficial outcomes, e.g., educational attainment and life satisfaction. This is a necessary study given that few focus specifically on exposure to violence during the adolescent years, an important transition period bridging childhood to adulthood, making it a time of vulnerability to the impact of abuse, neglect, adverse childhood experiences, and exposure to violence…. Ultimately, the authors find that direct experience of violence victimization is the best predictor of adverse adult outcomes and recommend solutions and interventions for favorable impact. This volume has implications for childhood studies, social work, criminal justice, education, and other areas from which supports and interventions originate. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals.


— Choice Reviews


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


6/30/22, Choice: This book was featured in a roundup of books recommended for community colleges.

Link: https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/the-top-75-community-college-titles-june-2022/



Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes

Results from the National Youth Survey Family Study

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • 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.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 242 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
    978-1-7936-5050-4 • Hardback • June 2021 • $122.00 • (£94.00)
    978-1-7936-5052-8 • Paperback • January 2025 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Psychology / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Psychology / Mental Health, Psychology / Social Psychology, Social Science / Criminology, Social Science / Social Work
Author
Author
  • 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.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface

    Dedication & Acknowledgments

    Chapter 1 Adolescent Exposure to Violence

    Chapter 2 Study Design and Sample Characteristics

    Chapter 3 Distribution of Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes

    Chapter 4 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Socioeconomic Statuses

    Chapter 5 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Mental Health

    Chapter 6 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Substance Use

    Chapter 7 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult General Violence

    Victimization and Perpetration

    Chapter 8 Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Intimate Partner Violence

    Victimization and Perpetration

    Conclusion: Adolescent Exposure to Violence and Adult Outcomes –

    Implications for Theory and Practice

    References

Reviews
Reviews
  • Menard and Covey examine how adolescent exposure to violence leads to problematic adult outcomes, e.g., intimate partner violence and substance use, as well as its adverse effect on positive beneficial outcomes, e.g., educational attainment and life satisfaction. This is a necessary study given that few focus specifically on exposure to violence during the adolescent years, an important transition period bridging childhood to adulthood, making it a time of vulnerability to the impact of abuse, neglect, adverse childhood experiences, and exposure to violence…. Ultimately, the authors find that direct experience of violence victimization is the best predictor of adverse adult outcomes and recommend solutions and interventions for favorable impact. This volume has implications for childhood studies, social work, criminal justice, education, and other areas from which supports and interventions originate. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals.


    — Choice Reviews


    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


Features
Features
  • 6/30/22, Choice: This book was featured in a roundup of books recommended for community colleges.

    Link: https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/the-top-75-community-college-titles-june-2022/



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