Journal article
Disputatiousness and the Offender–Victim Overlap
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol.55(3), pp.351-389
05/2018
DOI: 10.1177/0022427817744594
Abstract
Objectives:
We examine whether offenders are at greater risk of violent victimization than non-offenders because of their disputatiousness; that is, their tendency to become involved in verbal conflicts. We also examine whether offenders are more disputatious because of their low self-control, alcohol use, and honor-based attitudes and whether disputatiousness can explain the effects of these individual differences on violent victimization.
Method:
A series of regression models examine self-reported data from 503 male inmates and 220 men (N = 723) they know from the community who have never been arrested.
Results:
Disputatiousness accounts for a substantial portion of the relationship between victimization and offending (i.e., inmate status). Disputatiousness also mediates the relationships between victimization and frequent intoxication, low self-control, and honor-based attitudes. Low self-control and heavy alcohol use account for a substantial portion of the relationship between offending and disputatiousness. Disputatiousness and victimization are associated with a history of assaultive offenses but not a history of robbery.
Conclusions:
The tendency to become involved in verbal conflicts can partly explain high victimization rates among male offenders, and among men who lack self-control, are frequently intoxicated, and have strong concerns about protecting their honor.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Disputatiousness and the Offender–Victim Overlap
- Creators
- Richard B FelsonMark T BergEthan M RogersAndrew Krajewski
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol.55(3), pp.351-389
- DOI
- 10.1177/0022427817744594
- ISSN
- 0022-4278
- eISSN
- 1552-731X
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; Los Angeles, CA
- Grant note
- 2012- 91288-PA-IJ / National Institute of Justice (https://doi.org/10.13039/100005289)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2018
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983992033902771
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