Texas Department of Criminal Justice
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Interesting Facts & Quotes
"As noted in the 2001 National Institute of Justice Research in Brief article, An Update on the 'Cycle of Violence', by Cathy S. Wisdom and Michael G. Maxfield, being abused or neglected as a child increases the likelihood of arrest as a juvenile by 59 percent, as an adult by 28 percent and for committing violent crime by 30 percent."