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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Cathy Spatz Widom is a psychologist and professor known for her research in the fields of early childhood abuse and neglect. She has received the AAAS Prize for Behavioral Science Research in 1989, the Edwin H. Sutherland Award in 2013, and the Stockholm Prize in Criminology in 2016. She was co-editor of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology from 2010 to 2013. Widom has conducted research to determine the long term consequences of early childhood physical and sexual abuse and child neglect.
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- Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries (2008) (3071)
- The cycle of violence. (1989) (1991)
- Does violence beget violence? A critical examination of the literature. (1989) (1197)
- A prospective investigation of major depressive disorder and comorbidity in abused and neglected children grown up. (2007) (961)
- Posttraumatic stress disorder in abused and neglected children grown up. (1999) (849)
- Accuracy of adult recollections of childhood victimization, Part 2: Childhood sexual abuse. (1996) (758)
- The impact of childhood abuse and neglect on adult mental health: a prospective study. (2001) (602)
- Child abuse, neglect, and adult behavior: research design and findings on criminality, violence, and child abuse. (1989) (592)
- Childhood victimization and lifetime revictimization. (2008) (583)
- The cycle of violence. Revisited 6 years later. (1996) (557)
- Age of onset of child maltreatment predicts long-term mental health outcomes. (2007) (527)
- CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR* (1989) (466)
- Resilience among abused and neglected children grown up (2001) (439)
- Childhood victimization and long-term intellectual and academic outcomes. (1994) (416)
- Predictors of resilience in abused and neglected children grown-up: the role of individual and neighborhood characteristics. (2007) (409)
- Passive avoidance in syndromes of disinhibition: psychopathy and extraversion. (1985) (403)
- Childhood victimization and subsequent risk for promiscuity, prostitution, and teenage pregnancy: a prospective study. (1996) (400)
- Childhood abuse and neglect and adult intimate relationships: a prospective study. (2004) (361)
- MAOA and the “Cycle of Violence:” Childhood Abuse and Neglect, MAOA Genotype, and Risk for Violent and Antisocial Behavior (2006) (352)
- Antisocial personality disorder in abused and neglected children grown up. (1994) (338)
- An Update on the "Cycle of Violence (2001) (324)
- Accuracy of Adult Recollections of Childhood Victimization : Part 1 . Childhood Physical Abuse (2001) (322)
- Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect on Adult Economic Well-Being (2010) (310)
- Long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect on adult economic well-being. (2010) (303)
- The case for prospective longitudinal studies in child maltreatment research: commentary on Dube, Williamson, Thompson, Felitti, and Anda (2004). (2004) (299)
- Childhood Victimization and Violent Offending (1990) (298)
- Juvenile crime, juvenile justice (2001) (296)
- A prospective investigation of physical health outcomes in abused and neglected children: new findings from a 30-year follow-up. (2012) (288)
- Psychopathy and violent behaviour in abused and neglected young adults (1996) (286)
- Child abuse and neglect and intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration: a prospective investigation. (2014) (282)
- Childhood victimization and illicit drug use in middle adulthood. (2006) (273)
- Child abuse and neglect, social support, and psychopathology in adulthood: a prospective investigation. (2013) (270)
- Childhood victimization and drug abuse: a comparison of prospective and retrospective findings. (1999) (266)
- Alcohol abuse in abused and neglected children followed-up: are they at increased risk? (1995) (259)
- Intimate Partner Violence Among Abused and Neglected Children in Young Adulthood: The Mediating Effects of Early Aggression, Antisocial Personality, Hostility and Alcohol Problems (2003) (253)
- Self-Reports of Early Childhood Victimization Among Incarcerated Adult Male Felons (1998) (252)
- Problem behaviours in abused and neglected children grown up: Prevalence and co-occurrence of substance abuse, crime and violence (1997) (240)
- Alcohol Abuse as a Risk Factor for and Consequence of Child Abuse (2001) (240)
- Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Real or detection bias? (2015) (239)
- Long-term effects of child abuse and neglect on alcohol use and excessive drinking in middle adulthood. (2007) (238)
- Comparing Self-Reports and Official Records of Arrests (2000) (221)
- An examination of risky sexual behavior and HIV in victims of child abuse and neglect: a 30-year follow-up. (2008) (219)
- Childhood victimization and pain in adulthood: a prospective investigation (2001) (216)
- Long-term effects of child abuse and neglect on emotion processing in adulthood. (2014) (213)
- The Role of Childhood Neglect and Childhood Poverty in Predicting Mental Health, Academic Achievement and Crime in Adulthood (2011) (207)
- A prospective investigation of borderline personality disorder in abused and neglected children followed up into adulthood. (2009) (205)
- A methodology for studying noninstitutionalized psychopaths. (1977) (194)
- Childhood victimization and risk for alcohol and drug arrests. (1995) (188)
- Childhood Victimization, Running Away, and Delinquency (1999) (185)
- The role of placement experiences in mediating the criminal consequences of early childhood victimization. (1991) (165)
- Objective and subjective experiences of child maltreatment and their relationships with psychopathology (2020) (164)
- The Role of Youth Problem Behaviors in the Path From Child Abuse and Neglect to Prostitution: A Prospective Examination. (2010) (161)
- An Examination of Pathways From Childhood Victimization to Violence: The Role of Early Aggression and Problematic Alcohol Use (2006) (153)
- A 30‐year Follow‐up of the Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect on Obesity in Adulthood (2009) (147)
- An Update on the "Cycle of Violence." Research in Brief. (2001) (146)
- Sampling biases and implications for child abuse research. (1988) (140)
- Victims of childhood sexual abuse later criminal consequences. (1995) (139)
- Childhood victimization: Early adversity, later psychopathology (2000) (137)
- Does adult attachment style mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and mental and physical health outcomes? (2018) (133)
- Childhood victimization and alcohol symptoms in females: causal inferences and hypothesized mediators. (2001) (132)
- A Prospective Examination of Risk for Violence among Abused and Neglected Children a (1996) (131)
- Does Child Abuse and Neglect Increase Risk for Perpetration of Violence Inside and Outside the Home? (2015) (117)
- Child maltreatment and executive functioning in middle adulthood: a prospective examination. (2013) (114)
- A Prospective Examination of the Path from Child Abuse and Neglect to Illicit Drug Use in Middle Adulthood: The Potential Mediating Role of Four Risk Factors (2009) (114)
- Childhood victimization and delinquency, adult criminality, and violent criminal behavior: A replication and extension. Final Report to NIJ (2002) (111)
- Three potential mediators of the effects of child abuse and neglect on adulthood substance use among women. (2008) (108)
- Interpersonal and personal construct systems in psychopaths. (1976) (108)
- Reduced right hemisphere activation in severely abused violent offenders during a working memory task: An fMRI study (2001) (102)
- Child Maltreatment 1 Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries (2005) (101)
- Long‐Term Impact of Childhood Abuse and Neglect on Crime and Violence (2017) (101)
- Interpersonal conflict and cooperation in psychopaths. (1976) (92)
- Does Out-of-Home Placement Mediate the Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Adult Criminality? (2009) (91)
- Longterm Consequences of Child Maltreatment (2014) (88)
- Development and validation of a new instrument to assess lifetime trauma and victimization history. (2005) (87)
- A prospective study of sex differences in the lifetime risk of posttraumatic stress disorder among abused and neglected children grown up. (2009) (85)
- Post-traumatic stress disorder moderates the relation between documented childhood victimization and pain 30 years later (2011) (84)
- Pathways from childhood abuse and neglect to HIV-risk sexual behavior in middle adulthood. (2011) (81)
- Does Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, or Neglect in Childhood Increase the Likelihood of Same-sex Sexual Relationships and Cohabitation? A Prospective 30-year Follow-up (2010) (81)
- Still searching for lost truths about the bitter sorrows of childhood. (2012) (73)
- Child Abuse and Neglect, MAOA, and Mental Health Outcomes: A Prospective Examination (2012) (71)
- Child abuse, neglect, and witnessing violence. (1997) (70)
- Sexually transmitted diseases among adults who had been abused and neglected as children: a 30-year prospective study. (2009) (69)
- Cumulative childhood risk and adult functioning in abused and neglected children grown up (2014) (69)
- Childhood sexual abuse and its criminal consequences (1996) (69)
- Multivariate analysis of male and female professional career choice correlates. (1978) (68)
- An Empirical Classification of Female Offenders (1978) (67)
- A prospective examination of whether childhood sexual abuse predicts subsequent sexual offending. (2015) (65)
- Childhood maltreatment predicts allostatic load in adulthood. (2015) (65)
- Avoidance of criminality in abused and neglected children. (1991) (64)
- Understanding the Role of Neighborhood Context in the Long-Term Criminal Consequences of Child Maltreatment (2005) (63)
- Motivation and mechanisms in the "cycle of violence". (2000) (61)
- Childhood Victimization and Delinquency, Adult Criminality, and Violent Criminal Behavior: A Replication and Extension: (510512006-001) (2002) (61)
- Childhood Victimization and Crime Victimization (2011) (57)
- Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice. Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control. (2001) (57)
- Childhood victimization and adolescent problem behaviors. (1994) (57)
- Do the Long-Term Consequences of Neglect Differ for Children of Different Races and Ethnic Backgrounds? (2013) (56)
- From Childhood Maltreatment to Allostatic Load in Adulthood (2015) (55)
- Reactions to Research Participation in Vulnerable Subgroups (2005) (55)
- Intergenerational Transmission of Violence (2015) (55)
- Child Abuse and Neglect, Developmental Role Attainment, and Adult Arrests (2013) (48)
- A Prospective Examination of Criminal Career Trajectories in Abused and Neglected Males and Females Followed Up into Middle Adulthood (2018) (48)
- A prospective examination of service use by abused and neglected children followed up into adulthood. (2010) (48)
- Does childhood victimization increase the risk of early death? A 25-year prospective study. (2003) (46)
- Correlates of female athletic participation: Masculinity, femininity, self-esteem, and attitudes toward women (1980) (44)
- Understanding Child Maltreatment: Juvenile Delinquency. From Research to Effective Program, Practice, and Systemic Solutions. (2003) (40)
- Are Retrospective Self-reports Accurate Representations or Existential Recollections? (2019) (38)
- A PROSPECTIVE EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDHOOD NEGLECT AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN THE CAMBRIDGE STUDY IN DELINQUENT DEVELOPMENT (2011) (37)
- Childhood victimization and the development of personality disorders. Unanswered questions remain. (1999) (37)
- Accuracy of Adult Recollections of Early Childhood Abuse (1997) (36)
- Congruence between Adolescents' Self-Reports and Their Adult Retrospective Reports regarding Parental Discipline Practices during Their Adolescence (2007) (35)
- Do race, neglect, and childhood poverty predict physical health in adulthood? A multilevel prospective analysis. (2014) (35)
- Prevention of child abuse and neglect (1993) (34)
- Does Age of Onset of Risk Behaviors Mediate the Relationship Between Child Abuse and Neglect and Outcomes in Middle Adulthood? (2015) (31)
- Do documented records and retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment similarly predict chronic inflammation? (2019) (30)
- Research on Women and Girls in the Justice System: Plenary Papers of the Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation--Enhancing Policy and Practice through Research, Volume 3 (1999). Research Forum. (2000) (29)
- Childhood maltreatment and illicit drug use in middle adulthood: The role of neighborhood characteristics (2012) (28)
- Performance, attitudes, and professional socialization of women in academia (1978) (27)
- Trajectories of psychopathology and risky behaviors associated with childhood abuse and neglect in low-income urban African American girls. (2015) (26)
- Memory Issues in the Diagnosis of Unreported Trauma (1997) (26)
- The relation between socialization and antisocial behavior, substance use, and family conflict in college students. (1994) (26)
- Varieties of violent behavior (2014) (26)
- A Prospective Examination of the Mechanisms Linking Childhood Physical Abuse to Body Mass Index in Adulthood (2015) (24)
- Sex Roles, Criminality, and Psychopathology (1984) (24)
- Does violence beget violence (1989) (22)
- Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity, Later Psychopathology. National Institute of Justice Journal, 2000. (2000) (22)
- Childhood victimization and alcohol symptoms in women: an examination of protective factors. (2003) (21)
- Female Offenders Three Assumptions About Self-Esteem, Sex-Role Identity, and Feminism (1979) (19)
- AN UPDATE ON THE "CYCLE OF VIOLENCE" NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE RESEARCH IN BRIEF (2012) (19)
- Predictors of drug-use patterns in maltreated children and matched controls followed up into middle adulthood. (2010) (19)
- Multivariate Analysis of Personality and Motivation in Female Delinquents (1983) (18)
- Undergraduate MMPI profiles and the longitudinal prediction of adult social outcome. (1977) (17)
- Translational Research on Child Neglect (2013) (16)
- Toward an understanding of female criminality. (1978) (16)
- Child Abuse and Neglect, and Psychiatric Disorders in Nonviolent and Violent Female Offenders. (2017) (15)
- Biology and Female Crime (1988) (14)
- Diverse research on alcohol and aggression in humans: in memory of John A. Carpenter. (2003) (14)
- A tail on an untold tale: Response to "Biological and genetic contributors to violence: Widom's untold tale" (1991) (12)
- The Subjective Experience of Childhood Maltreatment in Psychopathology. (2021) (11)
- Reactions to Research Participation in Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Comparison of Court-Substantiated and Retrospectively Self-Reported Cases (2013) (9)
- Childhood Maltreatment and Eating Disorders: A Prospective Investigation (2021) (9)
- Child Maltreatment, Problem Behaviors, and Neighborhood Attainment (2017) (8)
- Sex Roles and Psychopathology (2012) (8)
- Long-Term Consequences of Child Neglect in Low-Income Families (2012) (8)
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Children Grown Up: The Influence of Neighborhood. (2019) (7)
- Development and validation of a retrospective self-report measure of childhood neglect. (2020) (6)
- Commentary: A challenge for a higher bar in research on childhood trauma: reflections on Danese 2019. (2020) (6)
- Response by Raphael et al., to letter from Van Houdenhove and Egle. Childhood victimization and pain in adulthood: a prospective investigation, PAIN 92 (2001) 283–293 (2002) (6)
- Higher Levels of Intelligence and Executive Functioning Protect Maltreated Children Against Adult Arrests: A Prospective Study (2018) (6)
- The contribution of psychology to criminal justice education (1993) (6)
- Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violence: Causes, Consequences, or Correlates? (2012) (5)
- The Cycle of Violence: Abused and Neglected Girls to Adult Female Offenders (2021) (5)
- The roles of housing, financial, and food insecurities in understanding the relationship between childhood neglect and violence in adulthood (2021) (5)
- Childhood maltreatment, serotonin transporter gene, and risk for callous and unemotional traits: A prospective investigation (2020) (4)
- Chronic immune barrier dysregulation among women with a history of violence victimization. (2019) (4)
- Eysenck's Theory of Criminality Applied to Women Awaiting Trial (1978) (4)
- Pathways from childhood abuse and neglect to HIV risk behavior in middle adulthood: a 30-year prospective study (2010) (3)
- Child Abuse and Neglect (2001) (3)
- The role of psychiatric symptoms and environmental vulnerability factors in explaining the relationship between child maltreatment and suicidality: A prospective investigation. (2020) (3)
- Childhood maltreatment, sleep disturbances, and anxiety and depression: A prospective longitudinal investigation (2021) (3)
- Does a Close Relationship With an Adult Reduce the Risk of Juvenile Offending for Youth With a History of Maltreatment? (2019) (3)
- VARIETIES OF VIOLENT BEHAVOR. (2014) (3)
- Childhood maltreatment and lead levels in middle adulthood: A prospective examination of the roles of individual socio-economic and neighborhood characteristics (2020) (3)
- Out-of-home placement, sleep problems, and later mental health and crime: A prospective investigation. (2022) (2)
- Child neglect, race, childhood family and neighborhood poverty and adult physical health: does mental health mediate or moderate these relations? (2013) (2)
- Female Offenders (1979) (2)
- Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity, Later Psychopathology: (569132006-001) (2000) (2)
- Child abuse and neglect, monoamine oxidase A, and mental health outcomes: a prospective examination (2011) (2)
- Child maltreatment and cognitive and academic functioning in two generations. (2021) (2)
- Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Childhood Maltreatment: Effects on Offspring Mental Health (2022) (2)
- Longterm Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment (2022) (2)
- Corrigendum to “Child abuse and neglect, social support, and psychopathology in adulthood: A prospective investigation” [Child Abuse Neglect 37 (2013) 415–425] (2015) (2)
- Does executive functioning mediate the association between childhood maltreatment and adult psychopathy (2014) (2)
- Childhood Maltreatment, Blood Lead Levels, and Crime and Violence: A Prospective Examination (2022) (2)
- Reply to Dr. Grzesiak: ‘Psychogenic pain’ and ‘pain-proneness’ (comments on Raphael et al. Childhood victimization and pain in adulthood. Pain 2001;92:283–293) (2002) (2)
- Lifetime Trauma and Victimization History (2017) (1)
- A Prospective Examination of Criminal Career Trajectories in Abused and Neglected Males and Females Followed Up into Middle Adulthood (2017) (1)
- Substance Abuse and Prostitution among Victims of Child Maltreatment: Pathway to HIV? (2006) (1)
- ‘Psychogenic pain’ and pain-proneness: comments on ‘childhood victimization and pain in adulthood’ K.G. Raphael et al., Pain 2001;92:283–293 (2002) (1)
- Childhood victimization and risk for smoking in middle adulthood (2011) (1)
- Does Age of Onset of Risk Behaviors Mediate the Relationship Between Child Abuse and Neglect and Outcomes in Middle Adulthood? (2014) (1)
- Child Maltreatment and Psychiatric Disorders Increase Risk for Stalking Victimization (2022) (1)
- An Empirical Classification of Female Offenders (1978) (1)
- An Examination of Downward Drift as an Explanation of the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Residence in Unhealthy Neighborhoods in Adulthood: The Role of Psychiatric Symptoms. (2021) (1)
- 1986 Annual meeting of the American psychopathological association (1986) (0)
- SexuallyTransmittedDiseasesAmongAdultsWho HadBeenAbusedandNeglectedasChildren: A30-YearProspectiveStudy (2009) (0)
- Overcoming Childhood Adversities (2007) (0)
- Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity, Later Psychopathology: (510522006-001) (2000) (0)
- Personality: Insight versus information, understanding versus science. (1975) (0)
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- AProspectiveInvestigationofPhysicalHealthOutcomes inAbusedandNeglectedChildren:NewFindingsFrom a30-YearFollow-Up (2012) (0)
- Self-Report of Childhood Abuse Physical (2011) (0)
- Retrospective Childhood Neglect Measure (2020) (0)
- Do insecure adult attachment styles mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and violent behavior? (2023) (0)
- From the Editor (2011) (0)
- Rejoinder to Kraav, Tolmunen, Kauhanen, and Lehto Letter to the Editor (2020) (0)
- Trauma, Drug Abuse, and HIV: Patterns and Potential Mechanisms for Child Abuse and Neglect (2010) (0)
- The Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Subsequent Crime Victimization (2008) (0)
- Human Aggression: Naturalistic Approaches (1990) (0)
- Effects of violence exposure on the development of sexual risk behavior in low-income African American girls (2011) (0)
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Children Grown Up: The Influence of Neighborhood (2019) (0)
- Effects of Mode of Presentation and Number of Categories on Estimates of Proportion by 4-Year-Olds (1968) (0)
- Twists, Turns, and Tears on the Path to the Cycle of Violence (2015) (0)
- Childhood maltreatment and cognitive functioning in middle adulthood. (2022) (0)
- Suicidality in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up (2007) (0)
- Child Welfare Placement and the Criminal Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment (2008) (0)
- Social Loafing on the Bench: The Case of Calendars and Caseloads* (2016) (0)
- The Effects of Mode of Presentation and Number of Categories on 4-Year-Olds' Proportion Estimates. (1967) (0)
- Childhood Victimization, PTSD, and Violence: A Prospective Examination (2009) (0)
- Drug Use Patterns among Abused and Neglected Children and Matched Controls Followed into Middle Adulthood (2009) (0)
- Examining age of onset of health risk behaviors as a mediator in the relationship between child maltreatment and psychosocial outcomes in middle adulthood (2014) (0)
- Coping Responses Inventory--Revised (2015) (0)
- Objective and subjective experiences of child maltreatment and their relationships with psychopathology (2020) (0)
- Childhood family and neighbourhood socio‐economic status, psychopathy, and adult criminal behaviour (2022) (0)
- A voidance of Criminality in Abused and Neglected Children. (1991) (0)
- Does child maltreatment predict executive functioning in middle adulthood? A prospective examination (2013) (0)
- Erratum to Widom. (1976) (0)
- Contemporary Behaviorism and Criminal Behavior. (1978) (0)
- The Cycle of Violence Does childhood abuse lead to adult criminal behavior ? (2005) (0)
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