The role of victimization in criminal behavior has been researched previously, particularly in justice-involved youth and prison samples. The contribution of such adversity in jail samples is less articulated. The current study examines the effect of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and polyvictimization (physical and sexual abuse) on behavioral health and substance use outcomes in a sample of individuals who went through the intake process at one jail. Through use of logistic regression models, we examined the impact of abuse on internalizing mental health issues, externalizing mental health issues, and substance use disorder. Findings demonstrated relationships between abuse and internalizing disorders, abuse and externalizing disorders, as well as between abuse and substance use disorder, with the effect of sexual abuse greater for women and the impact of polyvictimization larger for men. Policy implications are discussed.

先前已经研究过受害在犯罪行为中的作用，特别是在涉及司法的青少年和监狱样本中。监狱样本中的这种逆境的贡献尚不清楚。目前的研究调查了身体虐待、性虐待和多重受害（身体虐待和性虐待）对在一所监狱经历过入狱过程的个人样本的行为健康和药物使用结果的影响。通过使用逻辑回归模型，我们研究了虐待对内化心理健康问题、外化心理健康问题和药物滥用障碍的影响。研究结果证明了虐待与内化障碍、虐待与外化障碍之间以及虐待与药物使用障碍之间的关系，性虐待对女性的影响更大，多重受害对男性的影响更大。讨论了政策影响。