Cross-Cultural and International Investigations of the Victim–Offender Overlap

Jennings, Wesley G.

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“…Despite its significance, however, there are few empirical studies testing how dropping out of school is related to violent victimization due to a shift in the lifestyle and routine activities of dropouts. Considering that there is a theoretical and empirical overlap between offending and victimization observed across different historical, cultural, and social contexts (Berg & Mulford, 2020;Jennings, 2012;Jennings et al, 2012;Klevens et al, 2002), it is hypothesized that dropping out of school increases violent victimization drawing on the same routine activities' perspectives adopted to account for offending behaviors.…”

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“…For school-aged adolescents, dropping out of school is a salient life event that can increase the likelihood of many criminological outcomes (Liu, 2013; Sampson & Laub, 1993; Sweeten et al, 2009). Although offending and victimization are often comorbid (Berg & Mulford, 2020; Jennings, 2012; Jennings et al, 2012; Klevens et al, 2002; Lee et al, 2020; Toman, 2019; Turanovic & Pratt, 2019; van Gelder et al, 2015), it is possible that dropping out of school does not necessarily increase the dropouts’ offending behaviors (Na, 2017). However, it may still increase dropouts’ likelihood of direct and indirect victimization experiences.…”

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Within-Individual Effects of Dropping out of School on Violent Victimization Among Serious Adolescent Offenders

2021

J Interpers Violence

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Despite a recent decrease in both school dropout and victimization rates, many harsh and exclusionary school policies continue to push school-aged adolescents out of school. This study combines two research areas—school dropout and violent victimization—by investigating if dropping out of school increases the chance of violent victimization. It is hypothesized that a change in the opportunity structure associated with risky lifestyles and routine activities accounts for the link between school dropout and violent victimization. Drawing on longitudinal panel data collected from a relatively homogenous sample of 1354 serious adolescent offenders who are predominantly minorities (75%) and males (86%) and fixed-effects models which enhance the causal validity of the findings by using the same individuals as their own counterfactuals over time, this study shows that dropping out of school leads to the perpetuation of violent victimization, primarily due to a change in the opportunity structure associated with risky lifestyles and routine activities. By uncovering the pathway between school dropout and victimization, this study contributes to the knowledge base on the impact of school dropouts, the source of violent victimization, and the causal mechanism underlying the link between dropping out of school and violent victimization—all of which are relatively understudied despite their significant implications for theory and policy.

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Within-Individual Effects of Dropping out of School on Violent Victimization Among Serious Adolescent Offenders

2021

J Interpers Violence

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“…Within the rich theoretical and empirical research on the victim-offender overlap in the last two decades (see Berg & Mulford, 2020; Berg & Schreck, 2022; Jennings et al, 2012 for reviews), a major strand has addressed the influence of contextual factors. It has underscored the degree of the victim-offender overlap and its tendency to vary across neighborhoods, in terms of violent street norms or structural disadvantages (Berg & Loeber, 2011; Berg et al, 2012; Farrell, 2020), and across cultural milieus, in terms of racial/ethnic or national cultural values (Cuevas et al, 2022; Jennings, 2012; Posick & Gould, 2015). Such investigations have tended to focus on urban or national settings.…”

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Assessing the Victim-Offender Overlap Among Adolescents in Rural China

Cheung

Zhong

2022

Crime & Delinquency

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Grounded in criminological theories (routine activity, social bonding, social disorganization, control balance, differential association, and general strain), this study extended the victim-offender overlap research by considering the specificity of rurality. We collected data from 2,839 adolescents in rural China and applied multilevel item response theory modeling. Both victim-offender overlap and differentiation were evident among rural adolescents. The victimization-offending overlap was associated with unstructured socializing, family and neighborhood control, moral beliefs, peer delinquency, and certain forms of social strain (loss of positively valued stimuli and exposure to negative stimuli). The differential tendency toward victimization over offending was a function of non-deviant solitary routines, failure to achieve positively valued goals, and strain-specific depression. The insignificance of control imbalance may need clarification of its conceptual relevance to rurality.

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Handbook of Crime Correlates

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Cross-Cultural and International Investigations of the Victim–Offender Overlap

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Within-Individual Effects of Dropping out of School on Violent Victimization Among Serious Adolescent Offenders

Within-Individual Effects of Dropping out of School on Violent Victimization Among Serious Adolescent Offenders

Assessing the Victim-Offender Overlap Among Adolescents in Rural China

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