Growing up is hard to do: exploring the connection between childhood trauma and youth offending

Nina Vaswani

Growing up is hard to do: exploring the connection between childhood trauma and youth offending

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Abstract

Through adult eyes childhood might seem like a carefree time, unburdened by the trials and tribulations of modern life. Yet with common childhood experiences including exam pressure, worries about body image, family breakdown, bullying, relationships and simply the pressure of forging independence, even at the best of times growing up is hard.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-6
Number of pages	2
Journal	Scottish Justice Matters
Volume	2
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Nov 2014

Keywords

family and household structure
childhood trauma
youth offending
bereavement

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Growing up is hard to do: exploring the connection between childhood trauma and youth offending

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