Assessing the victim-offender overlap among Puerto Rican youth

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

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2010, vol. 38, issue 6, 1191-1201

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2010
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