Abstract：
(1) Background: Maltreated children are at increased risk for juvenile delinquency. Extant research has explored the effect of child maltreatment on either the initial risk of juvenile delinquency or general juvenile recidivism. However, little is known regarding the effect of child maltreatment on chronic offending. (2) Methods: Using a sample of 695 male juvenile offenders incarcerated in a centralized juvenile reformatory of the province X located in Southwest China, this study investigates both the prevalence of child maltreatment and the effect of child maltreatment on chronic offending among the juvenile offenders. Descriptive statistical analyses and multinomial logistic regression were utilized to conduct the analyses. (3) Results: A vast majority of the juvenile offenders experienced at least one type of child maltreatment. Moreover, maltreatment was generally found to be more prevalent in chronic offenders than in one-time offenders and recidivists. Results from a series of logistic regression analyses revealed that among five specific maltreatment types, only physical abuse exerted a statistically significant and positive impact on chronic offending. (4) Conclusions: The findings highlight the importance of providing early prevention and intervention programs to juvenile offenders who were physically abused in order to reduce general chronic offending as well as chronic violent offending.
摘要：
（1）背景：虐待儿童青少年犯罪的风险增加。现有研究已经探索了虐待儿童对青少年犯罪或一般青少年累犯的初始风险的影响。然而,关于虐待儿童对慢性犯罪的影响知之甚少。（2）方法：以中国西南地区X省集中少年改造所关押的695名男性少年犯为样本，这项研究调查了少年犯中虐待儿童的患病率以及虐待儿童对慢性犯罪的影响。利用描述性统计分析和多项逻辑回归进行分析。（3）结果：绝大多数少年犯经历了至少一种类型的儿童虐待。此外，通常发现虐待在长期罪犯中比在一次性罪犯和累犯中更为普遍。一系列逻辑回归分析的结果表明，在五种特定的虐待类型中，只有身体虐待对慢性犯罪有统计学意义和积极的影响。（4）结论：研究结果强调了为遭受身体虐待的少年犯提供早期预防和干预计划的重要性，以减少一般的慢性犯罪和慢性暴力犯罪。
