Beauty is in the eye of the offender: Physical attractiveness and adolescent victimization

Jukka Savolainen, Jonathan R. Brauer and Noora Ellonen

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2020, vol. 66, issue C

Abstract: This research considered physical attractiveness as a potentially victimogenic individual characteristic. Based on target congruence, the theoretical model predicts direct effects of physical attractiveness on violent victimization and, based on routine activities theory, indirect effects on both violent and non-violent victimization.

Keywords: Physical attractiveness; Victimization; Routine activities; Target congruence; Finland; Youth; Child sexual abuse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.101652

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