TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the Violent Offending and Violent Victimization Overlap Among a Sample of Chinese Youth and Young Adults
AU - Wang, Xia
AU - Cheon, Hyunjung
AU - Beckman, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Although an increasing number of studies have examined offending and victimization in China, little is known about the extent of the victim–offender overlap and what factors may explain differential tendencies toward offending versus victimization in the Chinese context. To fill this gap and to broaden the empirical base of the current literature on the victim–offender overlap, we examine the association of a number of prominent theoretical constructs with overall violent encounters and role differentiation. Using data collected from over 2,000 students from six schools in Changzhi, a city in Northern China, and multilevel item response theory modeling, we find a nontrivial overlap between violent offending and victimization and differential tendencies toward offending versus victimization. We also find that most of our theoretical constructs are associated with overall violent encounters, but only moral beliefs, peer delinquency, drinking, and gender are related to role differentiation. Findings for theory and research are discussed.
AB - Although an increasing number of studies have examined offending and victimization in China, little is known about the extent of the victim–offender overlap and what factors may explain differential tendencies toward offending versus victimization in the Chinese context. To fill this gap and to broaden the empirical base of the current literature on the victim–offender overlap, we examine the association of a number of prominent theoretical constructs with overall violent encounters and role differentiation. Using data collected from over 2,000 students from six schools in Changzhi, a city in Northern China, and multilevel item response theory modeling, we find a nontrivial overlap between violent offending and victimization and differential tendencies toward offending versus victimization. We also find that most of our theoretical constructs are associated with overall violent encounters, but only moral beliefs, peer delinquency, drinking, and gender are related to role differentiation. Findings for theory and research are discussed.
KW - crime research in China
KW - criminological theory
KW - item response theory
KW - victim–offender overlap
KW - violence
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U2 - 10.1177/0093854818806024
DO - 10.1177/0093854818806024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059676176
SN - 0093-8548
VL - 46
SP - 374
EP - 394
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
IS - 3
ER -