Citation

Nofziger S. J. Interpers. Violence 2009; 24(9): 1494-1517.

Affiliation

University of Akron.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260508323667

PMID

18806253

Abstract

This study examines how the lifestyles of juveniles influence violent victimization at school. Using data from the National Survey of Adolescents, this study demonstrates that both indirect victimization, through witnessing violence, and sexual and physical assaults of students are pervasive problems at schools. Although a number of individual and structural characteristics predict the risk of becoming a victim at school, the most consistent predictor of violent victimization is the juvenile's own deviant lifestyle. Those who participate in a deviant lifestyle substantially increase their odds of all three forms of victimization. Therefore, even within the relatively controlled setting of schools, juveniles who participate in deviant lifestyles are at a high risk for victimization.

Language: en