Link between childhood maltreatment-adult criminal behavior

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Several research studies find that children who were physically or sexually abused prior to age 12 were more likely to commit crimes as adults. How can this link be explained by either Strain Theory or the General Theory of Crime ("self-control theory")? Choose just one of those theories, and describe how the theory would explain the link between childhood maltreatment and adult criminal behavior. (Hint: remember that these theories include interactions between variables, not just one variable predicting another.)

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