The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction on Violent Criminal Behaviour in Adult Convicts

Name:Farwa Abdi Collaborators: Aimen Haider Year & Program: 5th+ year Psychology Project Type: Empirical Study

Name:Farwa Abdi
Collaborators: Aimen Haider
Year & Program: 5th+ year Psychology
Project Type: Empirical Study

2 thoughts on “The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction on Violent Criminal Behaviour in Adult Convicts”

  1. The investigation into household dysfunction as a variable in regards to predicting criminal behaviour is interesting and I haven’t given it thought before until now. Perhaps one of the reasons household dysfunction influences criminality more than an ACE is because it includes additional traumatic/stressful experiences an ACE quiz may not be able to fully capture (e.g. a ruptured relationship where a caregiver is still at home).

    I’m wondering, what do you think the main causes of household dysfunction are?

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  2. This is interesting, we’re usually taught that childhood abuse affects how the child grows up, but this shines a light on how serious household dysfunction can affect how a child will grow up too (even if the child isn’t directly harmed)

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