Examining the Neighborhood Context of the Violent Offending-Victimization Relationship: A Prospective Investigation |
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Authors: | Mark T Berg Rolf Loeber |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Criminal Justice, Indiana University, Sycamore Hall, Bloomington, IN, USA;(2) School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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Abstract: | The persistent link between offending and victimization is one of the most robust empirical findings in criminological research.
Despite important efforts to isolate the sources of this phenomenon, it is not fully understood. Much attention has been paid
to the role of individual-level factors; however, few studies have systematically integrated neighborhood conditions. Using
prospective data from the Pittsburgh Youth Study the current research examines a set of hypotheses regarding the interplay
of neighborhood structural conditions and the victim-offender overlap. A multilevel analytical technique is applied to the
data which purges time-varying covariates of all time-stable unobserved heterogeneity. Results indicate that the relationship
between offending and victimization is pronounced in disadvantaged neighborhoods, while offending is not significantly related
to victimization risk in contexts marked by lower levels of disadvantage. The implications of the results for theory are discussed,
along with recommendations for future research. |
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