The Generality of the Victim-Offender Overlap: Examining Cultural Contingencies

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Abstract

A growing body of research reveals that there is an overlap between offenders and victims. That is, they share similar demographic and individual-level characteristics, are often involved with both offending and victimization, and their experiences can adequately be predicted by the same set of variables. While this literature is flourishing as of late, little is known about the generality of the victim-offender overlap across cultural contexts. Particularly lacking is an understanding of how culture might moderate the relationship between victimization and offending. This study uses individual-level data from the second International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-II), a large school-based sample of adolescents in grades 7-9, and three macro-level measures from the Hofstede Dimensions of National Culture dataset to investigate the generality of the overlap among offending and victimization across cultural contexts. The results indicate that victimization remains a salient predictor of offending across contexts but that there are some country-level factors, especially individualism, that have direct and/or moderating effects on this relationship.

Conference

ConferenceAnnual Conference of the European Society of Criminology
Abbreviated titleEuroCrim
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period09/10/1409/13/14
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Keywords

  • Victim-offender Overlap
  • Cultural Contingencies

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