Resiliency against victimization: Results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Investigating the causes of why individuals desist from, or are resilient to, delinquency, crime, and other problem behaviors has captured the interests of scholars. Within the context of criminology, much of this research focused on resiliency against offending; that is, understanding how and why s...

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Published in:Journal of criminal justice 2010-05, Vol.38 (3), p.329-337
Main Authors: Daigle, Leah E., Beaver, Kevin M., Turner, Michael G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accumulation
Adolescents
Behavior
Crime
Criminal justice
Criminology
Discriminant analysis
Health
Health Problems
Protection
Protective factors
Resilience
Risk Factors
Studies
Victimization
Victims
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Summary:Investigating the causes of why individuals desist from, or are resilient to, delinquency, crime, and other problem behaviors has captured the interests of scholars. Within the context of criminology, much of this research focused on resiliency against offending; that is, understanding how and why some individuals within high-risk environments do not engage in serious criminal offenses. The extant scholarship, however, has not fully explored the effects protective factors might have on fostering resiliency against victimization. Using a sample of respondents drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study investigated how individual protective factors and the accumulation of protective factors contribute to the explanation of resiliency against victimization. Analysis of the data revealed that commitment to school was the only statistically significant independent predictor of resiliency for at risk-individuals. Additional analyses indicated that a protective factor index measuring the accumulation of protection was significant across multiple measures of resiliency. The policy and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.
ISSN:0047-2352
1873-6203
DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.03.007