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1 results foundAuthor: Smith, David J. Title: The Links Between Victimization and Offending Summary: In our current study of a cohort of around 4,300 young people in Edinburgh, we have found a close relationship between crime victimization and self-reported delinquency. The purpose of this paper is to describe and explore this relationship between delin-quency and victimization in young people, and to consider some possible explanations for it. The paper draws on findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (The Edinburgh Study), a longitudinal research programme exploring pathways into and out of offending among a single cohort of young people who started secondary school in the City of Edinburgh in 1998. The key findings of the study are as follows: At sweep 4 (age 15) a broad measure of delinquency was seven times as high among those who had been victims of five types of crime as among those who had not been vic-tims of any. The variation in serious delinquency was still more extreme. Being a victim of assault with a weapon and of robbery were more strongly associated with delinquency than were other forms of victimization. Being harassed by adults was also strongly associated with delinquency. This could be because rowdy youths draw attention to themselves, which they interpret as harassment. However, this could not apply to all of the harassment items. It could not explain, for example, why youths who said adults had indecently exposed themselves to them or fol-lowed them in a car had higher rates of self-reported delinquency than others. It seems that offending makes youths vulnerable to adult harassment. The strongest link is between victimization and offending over the same time period, but there remains a fairly strong association after a period of three years. Victimization pre-dicts delinquency three years later; and also, delinquency predicts victimization three years later. The more often victimization is repeated, the more strongly it predicts delinquency. Con-sistently repeated victimization (without any gaps) predicts delinquency most strongly of all. The most important factors explaining the link between victimization and offending were getting involved in risky activities and situations, and having a delinquent circle of friends. This is because the same activities, situations, and social circles lead both to vic-timization and to offending. To a small extent, also, the same personality traits underlie both. There is evidence for a genuine causal link between victimization and offending, running in both directions. This is because the two are linked over time, after allowing for the effects of many explanatory variables. The findings reinforce the Kilbrandon philosophy, which insists on dealing with young people according to their needs arising from their various troubles, and not primarily as offenders or as victims. Details: Edinburgh, Scotland: Centre for Law and Society, The University of Edinburgh, 2004. 21p. Source: The Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, Number 5: Internet Resource: Accessed July 18, 2012 at http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc/findings/digest5.pdf Year: 2004 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc/findings/digest5.pdf Shelf Number: 102905 Keywords: At-Risk Youth (Scotland)Juvenile Delinquency (Scotland)Juvenile Offenders (Scotland)Victimization (Scotland) |