Citation
Tillyer, Marie Skubak (2014). Violent Victimization Across the Life Course: Moving a “Victim Careers” Agenda Forward.
Criminal Justice and Behavior. vol. 41 (5) pp. 593-612
Abstract
The present study examines violent victimization patterns across the life course and outlines a victim careers agenda for future scholarly inquiry. I analyzed four waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine whether violent victimization prevalence, onset, and persistence during earlier stages of the life course can predict violent victimization risk in adulthood, and whether these relationships are observed independent of current violent offending. Violent victimization in adolescence was significantly related to subsequent risk in adulthood. Even when current violent offending is controlled, those who report early and persistent violent victimization during prior stages of the life course appear particularly vulnerable to subsequent victimization. The findings demonstrate the importance of moving forward with a victim careers agenda and the present study outlines numerous theoretical and empirical avenues for victimization scholars to pursue.
URL
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/11/22/0093854813509370.abstractReference Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Author(s)
Tillyer, Marie Skubak
Year Published
2014
Volume Number
41
Issue Number
5
Pages
593-612
DOI
10.1177/0093854813509370
Reference ID
4752
