The answer is absolutely it can. In fact, a traumatic experience such as sexual and physical abuse for anyone, regardless of age, can change a person for life, and often can lead to very negative, self-destructive behavior on the part of the victim. What many psychologists and psychiatrists will tell you is that such crimes against children magnify the effects in adulthood. It changes them during a mentally, physically and emotionally developmental stage in their lives that can change them drastically as adults. It can also lead to bitterness and anger, unresolved rage, all sorts of issues that could possibly lead to delinquency.
There are also a number of studies suggesting that victims of sexual abuse as children are more likely to become abusers themselves, although this idea is still controversial and certainly not proven beyond doubt.
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