Rates of exposure to sexual and non-sexual physical violence and other adverse childhood events are greater among people who are incarcerated with convictions for offenses related to sexual and non-sexual violence compared to other incarcerated populations and the general community. Few studies have differentiated which types of prior adverse experiences are greatest predictors of sexual and non-sexual violent offenses. The following study investigated associations between experiencing sexual abuse as a child or adult; experiencing non-sexual physical violence during childhood, adulthood, or both; having a caretaker who uses drugs; being in foster care; growing up in socioeconomically marginalized conditions; and the likelihood of reporting a prior physical or sexual conviction. The sample consisted of 13,604 men incarcerated in state and federal prisons in the United States. Multinomial regression models compared convictions for sexual offenses and non-sexual violent offenses to all other crimes. A model also compared sexual offenses to non-sexual violent offenses to differentiate between types of adverse childhood experiences associated with sexual versus non-sexual violent offending. Models adjusted for race/ethnicity, education, and age. Results suggest that exposure to violence during childhood was significantly and violence during adulthood was insignificantly associated with increased risk of conviction for a non-sexual physical offense. Sexual violence victimization as a child only was associated with increased risk of conviction for sexual violence perpetration during adulthood. Foster care involvement was associated with increased risk of being convicted for a non-sexual violent offense. Findings suggest that different traumatic pathways may differentiate types of aggression in adulthood. Future research must evaluate if trauma-informed approaches should be catered to address the unique effects of sexual and non-sexual victimization and the perpetration of different types of aggression in adulthood.

与其他被监禁人群和一般社区相比，因性暴力和非性暴力相关犯罪而被监禁的人遭受性暴力和非性身体暴力以及其他不良童年事件的比率更高。很少有研究区分哪些类型的先前不良经历是性暴力和非性暴力犯罪的最大预测因素。以下研究调查了儿童或成人经历性虐待之间的关联；在童年、成年或两者都经历过非性身体暴力；有吸毒的看护人；被寄养；在社会经济边缘化的条件下成长；以及报告先前身体或性犯罪的可能性。样本包括 13，604 名男子被关押在美国的州和联邦监狱中。多项回归模型将性犯罪和非性暴力犯罪的定罪与所有其他犯罪进行比较。一个模型还将性犯罪与非性暴力犯罪进行了比较，以区分与性暴力犯罪和非性暴力犯罪相关的不良童年经历类型。针对种族/民族、教育和年龄调整的模型。结果表明，儿童时期接触暴力行为显着，而成年期间的暴力行为与因非性身体犯罪而被定罪的风险增加无关紧要。仅作为儿童的性暴力受害与成年后因性暴力犯罪而被定罪的风险增加有关。参与寄养与因非性暴力犯罪而被定罪的风险增加有关。研究结果表明，不同的创伤途径可能会区分成年期的攻击类型。未来的研究必须评估是否应采用创伤知情方法来解决性和非性受害的独特影响以及成年后不同类型的攻击行为。