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Assessing the victim-offender overlap among Puerto Rican youth

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  • Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M.
  • Jennings, Wesley G.
  • Tobler, Amy L.
  • Piquero, Alex R.
  • Canino, Glorisa

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Purpose Knowledge about offenders and knowledge about victims has traditionally been undertaken without formal consideration of the overlap among the two. A small but growing research agenda has examined the extent of this overlap. At the same time, there has been a minimal amount of research regarding offending and victimization among minority youth, and this is most apparent with respect to Hispanics, who have been increasing in population in the United States.Materials & Methods This study explores the joint, longitudinal overlap between offending and victimization among a sample of Puerto Rican youth from the Bronx, New York.Results Results indicate: (1) an overlap between offending and victimization that persists over time, (2) a considerable overlap in the number, type, direction, and magnitude of the effect of individual, familial, peer, and contextual factors on both offending and victimization, (3) some of the factors related to offending were only relevant at baseline and not for the growth in offending but that several factors were associated with the growth in victimization, and (4) various risk factors could not explain much of the overlap between offending and victimization.Conclusions Theoretical, policy, and future research directions are addressed.

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  • Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M. & Jennings, Wesley G. & Tobler, Amy L. & Piquero, Alex R. & Canino, Glorisa, 2010. "Assessing the victim-offender overlap among Puerto Rican youth," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 38(6), pages 1191-1201, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:38:y::i:6:p:1191-1201
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    1. Chan, H.C.O., 2019. "Exploring the overlap between victimization and offending among Hong Kong adolescents," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 72-80.
    2. Jennings, Wesley G. & Gonzalez, Jennifer Reingle & Piquero, Alex R. & Bird, Hector & Canino, Glorisa & Maldonado-Molina, Mildred, 2016. "The nature and relevance of risk and protective factors for violence among Hispanic children and adolescents: Results from the Boricua Youth Study," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 41-47.
    3. Zimmerman, Gregory M. & Farrell, Chelsea & Posick, Chad, 2017. "Does the strength of the victim-offender overlap depend on the relationship between the victim and perpetrator?," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 21-29.
    4. Posick, Chad & Gould, Laurie A., 2015. "On the general relationship between victimization and offending: Examining cultural contingencies," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 43(3), pages 195-204.
    5. Jennings, Wesley G. & Richards, Tara N. & Dwayne Smith, M. & Bjerregaard, Beth & Fogel, Sondra J., 2014. "A Critical Examination of the “White Victim Effect” and Death Penalty Decision-Making from a Propensity Score Matching Approach: The North Carolina Experience," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 42(5), pages 384-398.

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