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The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) in the Lives of Juvenile Offenders

@inproceedings{Baglivio2013ThePO,
  title={The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) in the Lives of Juvenile Offenders},
  author={Michael T. Baglivio and Nathan Epps and Kimberly A. Swartz and Mona Sayedul Huq and Amy J. Sheer and Nancy S. Hardt},
  year={2013}
}
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to the following 10 childhood experiences researchers have identified as risk factors for chronic disease in adulthood: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, violent treatment towards mother, household substance abuse, household mental illness, parental separation or divorce, and having an incarcerated household member. ACEs were first described in 1998 by Felitti, Anda and colleagues with the publication… 

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