Citation

Taylor TJ, Friday PC, Ren X, Weitekamp EGM, Kerner HJ. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Criminol. 2004; 37(Suppl): 13-31.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/00048658040370S102

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Recent research has illustrated the importance of risk and protective factors on offending. The current study examines survey data from a sample of 81 offenders and 81 nonoffenders residing in Wuhan, China, in 1991/92 to determine how the accumulation of risk and protective factors in various domains differentiates offenders from nonoffenders. Specifically, we examine the importance of multiple causation and cumulative effects of risk and protective factors as they apply in a Chinese context.

RESULTS suggest that the risk and protective factor approach often used in studies of western offending also holds promise in studies of Chinese offending. Specifically, our findings support the importance of examining multiple causation and cumulative effects of risk and protective factors as related to offending. The findings also suggest that the risk and protective factors found to be important in China may be somewhat different to those identified through studies conducted in the West, illustrating the importance of recognising historical and cultural context in the risk and protective factor paradigm.

Language: en