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Violent victimization and future expectations: Results from a longitudinal study of at-risk youth
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Violent victimization and future expectations: Results from a longitudinal study of at-risk youth

Leah E. Daigle and Chrystina Y. Hoffman
Victims & Offenders, Vol.13, pp.798-813
13
2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2018.1479909
Web of Science ID: WOS:000441676800004

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Abstract

The relationship between offending and expectations for the future is well documented. Despite the link between offending and victimization and the wealth of research documenting the negative effects of victimization, how victimization shapes expectations for the future has not been fully explored. The authors investigate this relationship using longitudinal data derived from the Pathways to Desistance study. Using fixed-effects regression models for panel data that account for the effects of excluded time-invariant covariates, the authors examine time-varying factors such as self-reported delinquency, gang membership, binge drinking and drug use, and peer delinquency. The authors find that expectations for the future are decreased in waves in which a person is violently victimized. This finding indicates a potential intervention strategy for those who have been victimized, focusing on cognitive assessments postvictimization that could be useful in reducing revictimization as well as reoffending.

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