Early Adverse Childhood Experiences and Later Delinquency: Considering the Role of Middle Childhood Risk Factors
Early Adverse Childhood Experiences and Later Delinquency: Considering the Role of Middle Childhood Risk Factors
Braden ReeseHayley PierceMelissa S. Jonesa Brigham Young University Law School, Provo, UT, USAb Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USABraden Reese is currently a second-year law student at Brigham Young University, following his undergraduate degree in Sociology. His research and law interests focus on criminal behavior and criminal law.Hayley Pierce is an assistant professor of sociology at Brigham Young University and received a PhD in Demography from the University of California, Berkeley. Broadly, her research specialties include the wellbeing of women and children. More specifically, she studies the unequal distribution of childhood adversity and adolescent outcomes and women’s reproductive health.Melissa S. Jones is an assistant professor of sociology at Brigham Young University. She holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Oklahoma. Her research efforts are centered in understanding how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other forms of trauma shape health and behavior outcomes across the life course and how these processes may vary across groups.