Experience of Child-Parent Separation and Later Risk of Violent Criminality.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Separation from a parent during childhood has been linked with heightened longer-term violence risk, but it remains unclear how this relationship varies by gender, separation subgroup, and age at separation. This phenomenon was investigated by examining a wide array of child-parent separation scenarios.

Methods

National cohort study including individuals born in Denmark, 1971-1997 (N=1,346,772). Child-parent separation status was ascertained each year from birth to 15th birthday, using residential addresses from the Danish register. Members were followed up from their 15th birthday until the date of first violent offense conviction, or December 31, 2012. Incidence rate ratios were estimated using survival analyses techniques. Analyses were conducted during 2016-

SUBMITTER: Mok PLH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057277 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature