Violent victimization of youth from a cross-national perspective: An analysis inspired by routine activity theory
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F17%3A10369187" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/17:10369187 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269758017695606" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269758017695606</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269758017695606" target="_blank" >10.1177/0269758017695606</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Violent victimization of youth from a cross-national perspective: An analysis inspired by routine activity theory
Original language description
The article analyses cross-national variation in violent victimization of youth using data from the second sweep of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study. A multi-level approach is applied which takes into account individual factors as well as the characteristics of the immediate neighbourhood and the context of the given country. The routine activity theory suggested by Cohen and Felson is utilized to derive hypotheses about macro-level factors with the potential to explain differences in violent victimization rates. Specifically, the effects of homicide rates, the Gini coefficient, and the Human Development Index are analysed. The results reveal that the variation in violent victimization rates across countries is only partly attributable to the countries' heterogeneity with respect to individual characteristics and lifestyle choices of youth, together with neighbourhood features. Furthermore, a significant effect is observed for a country's Human Development Index, which relates higher levels of development to lower victimization risk, even when individual and neighbourhood characteristics are controlled for.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GP14-08021P" target="_blank" >GP14-08021P: Youth victimization: Prevalence, forms, and social context</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Review of Victimology
ISSN
0269-7580
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
23
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
325-340
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85024846084