Adolescent school-based sexual victimization: Exploring the role of opportunity in a gender-specific multilevel analysis

Tillyer, Marie Skubak; Wilcox, Pamela; Gialopsos, Brooke Miller

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.07.010

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“…One study on U.S. adolescents showed delinquency and crime to be risk factors of school-based sexual victimization (Tillyer et al 2010). As studies on American youth and adults reveal, themes of aggression, power and "rulebreaking" are often emphasized in masculinity ideologies (e.g., Kulis et al 2010;Walters 2001), and involvement in these high-risk activities increases one's likelihood of being victimized.…”

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Factors Associated with Peer Sexual Harassment Victimization Among Taiwanese Adolescents

Wei

Chen

2011

Sex Roles

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This study examined the individual and interpersonal factors of peer sexual harassment victimization among Taiwanese adolescents. A random sample of 1,376 7th to 9th grade middle school students in Taichung City, Taiwan, completed questionnaires about their demographics, delinquency, peer/teacher interaction, and experience of being sexually harassed by peers. Approximately 25.4% of the respondents had suffered peer sexual harassment during the previous semester. Boys reported more exposure to sexual harassment than did girls. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed separately for boys and girls. Significant risk factors of peer sexual harassment victimization for both genders included being bullied by peers and teacher maltreatment. Boys' sexual harassment victimization was also associated with their involvement in fights. Peer relationship problems contributed to girls' sexual harassment victimization. These findings suggested the relevance of a hostile school climate to peer sexual harassment and the gender differences in risk factors.

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Section: Individual and Interpersonal Risk Factorsmentioning

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Factors Associated with Peer Sexual Harassment Victimization Among Taiwanese Adolescents

Wei

Chen

2011

Sex Roles

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“…The lack of research in this area is surprising given the interest on the part of social scientists in examining the correlates and causes of both rape and rape victimization (Brownmiller, 1975;Franklin, 2010aFranklin, , 2010bKoss, Bachar, Hopkins, Carlson, 2004;Tellis & Spohn, 2008;Tillyer, Wilcox, & Gialopsos, 2010). Given their general predisposition for engaging in a range of antisocial actions, including intimate partner violence and sexual promiscuity (Moffitt, Caspi, Harrington, & Milne, 2002), it is likely that LCPs also possess a high propensity to force sex.…”

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Life-Course Persistent Offenders and the Propensity to Commit Sexual Assault

2012

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Moffitt's (1993) developmental theory has garnered an extensive amount of attention from scholars across a range of disciplines, and the results generated from this body of literature have been consistently supportive. Specifically, the segment of the population predicted by Moffitt to be chronically aggressive-called life-course persistent offenders-has been found to account for a disproportionate number of serious crimes. What remains less certain, however, is whether this same group of offenders are also responsible for perpetrating acts of forced sex. The authors examined the tendency for life-course persisters to sexually assault using a nationally representative sample of individuals. Our findings suggest that life-course persisters are disproportionately more likely to be sexually coercive compared to other individuals.

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“…Furthermore, this finding appears to hold when considering sexual victimization specifically (Tillyer et al, 2010). What is less clear is the mechanism by which low self-control affects victimization.…”

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The Short-Term Repeat Sexual Victimization of Adolescents in School

Tillyer

Gialopsos

Wilcox

2013

Crime & Delinquency

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This study examines the extent and nature of short-term repeat sexual assault and harassment victimization in school. We used data collected from 7th through 10th graders as part of the Rural Substance abuse and Violence Project (RSVP) to test whether the observed frequencies of sexual assault and harassment are significantly different from the expected frequencies.We then estimated hierarchical logistic models to determine whether measures of opportunity and low self-control can distinguish between onetime and repeat victims. Both sexual assault and harassment victimization were nonrandomly distributed. Victims of sexual assault and harassment who had low parental attachment, low self-control, and delinquent peers were more likely to suffer one or more additional victimizations during the school year. In addition, involvement in school sports and activities increased risk of repeat sexual assault, while self-reported criminal behavior increased risk of repeat sexual harassment. We discuss the implications of our findings for theory, prevention, and future research.

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Adolescent school-based sexual victimization: Exploring the role of opportunity in a gender-specific multilevel analysis

Cited by 60 publications

References 40 publications

Factors Associated with Peer Sexual Harassment Victimization Among Taiwanese Adolescents

Factors Associated with Peer Sexual Harassment Victimization Among Taiwanese Adolescents

Life-Course Persistent Offenders and the Propensity to Commit Sexual Assault

The Short-Term Repeat Sexual Victimization of Adolescents in School

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