Juvenile Delinquency and Serious Injury Victimization

Repeat Offending and Repeat Victimization: Assessing Similarities and Differences in Psychosocial Risk Factors

“…Other investigations have demonstrated that delinquent peers are also related to victimization (Lauritsen & Quinet, 1995;Loeber et al, 2001;Schreck et al, 2002), but this relationship was not significant in the current study. Unlike repeat victims, younger respondents were more likely to engage in RO, which is consistent with the age/crime curve and life course theories, which find that offending decreases in early adulthood.…”

“…Whereas Loeber et al (2001) and Shaffer and Ruback (2002) suggest that the predictors of victimization are similar to the risk factors for offending, the degree and precise nature of this homogeneity are uncertain. Most investigations treat the two phenomena as discrete events, investigating risk factors for offending or risk factors for victimization.…”

Bridging the gap: Bringing together intentional and unintentional injury prevention efforts to improve health and well being

“…Preventing youth delinquency can help prevent high risk behavior and serious injury victimization (Loeber, Kalb, & Huizinga, 2001).…”

Secondary Exposure to Violence During Childhood and Adolescence: Does Neighborhood Context Matter?

“…Buka and colleagues (2001) have recently redefined this construct by categorizing different levels of exposure that include primary, i.e., personal victimization, secondary, i.e., violence seen or heard, and tertiary exposures, i.e., learning of violence experienced by others such as friends of family members. While much is already known about predictors and consequences of primary exposures (Christiansen & Evans, 2005;Esbensen & Huizinga, 1991;Haynie & Piquero, 2006;Lauritsen et al, 1992;Loeber, Kalb, & Huizinga, 2001;Menard, 2002;Schreck, 1999;Snyder & Sickmund, 1999), the same cannot be said for secondary exposures that children and adolescents experience in their neighborhoods.…”