ocial Studies The “cycle of violence” and the intergenerational transmission of mistreating children The cycle of violence also referred to as the intergenerational transmission of violence posits that victimized children grow up to victimize others. Research indicates that children who grow up in aggressive and violent households are likely to become violent in their future relationships. Caspi and colleagues (2002) argue that the cycle of violence could be genetically transferred and attribute it to the functional polymorphism in the gene encoding the neurotransmitter-metabolizing enzyme monoamine oxidase A (MAOA).
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