The study also examined whether membership in different ETV classes was associated with more extensive and earlier system involvement and psychological symptomology. The study identified four classes of justice-involved trauma victims: minimally exposed youth, youth with high levels of witnessed violence, youth with high levels of witnessed and experienced non-lethal violence, and youth with high levels of witnessed and experienced non-lethal and lethal gun violence. Membership in the latter class was strongly associated with a higher number of arrests and younger age at first arrests. Significant differences in trauma-related symptoms were found across the various ETV classes. Implications for policy and practitioners are discussed. (publisher abstract modified)
A Latent Class Typology of Justice-Involved Youth Victims and Exploration of Trauma-Related Psychological Symptoms.
NCJ Number
254428
Journal
Justice Quarterly Dated: 2019
Date Published
2019
Length
12 pages
Annotation
Since justice-involved youth witness and experience disproportionately high levels of violence and abuse, yet our understanding of trauma-related symptoms and exposure to violence (ETV) in this group remains largely underdeveloped, the current study used data from a sample of 1,354 youth and applied latent class analysis to construct a typology of justice-involved trauma victims based on ETV items.
Abstract