Title
Short- and mid-term effects of violent victimization on delinquency: A multilevel growth-curve modeling approach
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Department/School
Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
Publication Title
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Abstract
The present study investigates how adolescents? experiences of violent victimization exert short- and mid-term effects on their involvement in delinquency. The study compares and contrasts delinquency trajectories of youths whose experiences of violent victimization differ. A multilevel growth-curve modeling approach is applied to analyze data from five waves of the National Youth Survey. The results show that, although delinquency involvement increases as youths experience violent victimization, delinquency trajectories differ with the type of violent victimization, specifically, parental versus non-parental victimization. Violent victimization by parents produced a sharp initial decline in delinquency (short-term effect) followed by a rapid acceleration (mid-term effect). In turn, non-parental violence showed a stable trend over time. The findings have important implications for prevention and treatment services.
ISSN
0886-2605
Volume
31
Issue
16
Pages
2643-2665
Link to Published Version
Recommended Citation
Kim, Young S., & Lo, Celia C. (2015). Short- and mid-term effects of violent victimization on delinquency: A multilevel growth-curve modeling approach. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(16), 2643–2665. doi:10.1177/0886260515580368