Sentences with phrase «between violent victimization»

Cognitive coping moderates the association between violent victimization by peers and substance use among adolescents

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A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

Despite the fact that between 1995 and 1996 the violent crime rate declined 10 percent, continuing the downward trend seen since 1994, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics» National Crime Victimization survey, and that property crime continued its 20 - year decline, consumer perception of crime still lingers (For more recent stats, posted after press time, see www.ojp.usdoj.gov).