Indirect Victimization

Author(s):  
Lindsey S. Leenaars ◽  
Christina M. Rinaldi
Author(s):  
Fabio Ferretti ◽  
Giacomo Gualtieri ◽  
Fulvio Carabellese ◽  
Roberto Gusinu ◽  
Alessandra Masti ◽  
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Author(s):  
Johanna Peterson ◽  
Dana DeHart ◽  
Emily Wright

Previous research has acknowledged that there is a relationship between victimization and later delinquency, but the specific attributes of this relationship are unclear because measures of both direct and indirect victimization are rarely explored in a single study. We included both indirect and direct victimization to examine which form of victimization was a stronger predictor of substance use, fighting, running away, and sex work among girls committed to a juvenile justice facility. Findings indicated that direct victimization was typically a more salient predictor of delinquency than indirect forms of victimization. Further, running away and sex work appear to be unique outcomes that are particularly likely when girls experience direct rather than indirect victimization. Findings are summarized with implications for health and public policy.


1989 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Shichor

Corporate deviance is organizational deviance occurring on the behalf of the corporation in the course of working in it. Many corporate deviant acts occur as an outcome of the often-conflicting goals of profit maximization and free competition. This paper attempts to analyze various classifications of corporate violations, corporate harms, corporate victimizations, and corporate victims. It suggests that various kinds of corporate victimization cause different kinds of harm, and hurt different kinds of victims to different degrees; in most corporate victimization cases there are multiple victims, i.e., besides direct victimization, indirect victimization also takes place; there is also a widescale inter-organizational victimization occurring among corporations. The paper also reviews the possibilities for the individualization of the victims, personalization of the offenders, and the personalization of harms as they relate to corporate deviance. The combined classifications may be helpful for further conceptualization of the various aspects of corporate deviance.


2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Slone ◽  
Anat Shoshani

Indirect victimization from media exposure to terrorism manifests in a variety of psychological distress symptoms. Risks for the public inherent in this exposure prompted construction of a post-exposure therapeutic intervention for moderating emotional responses. For empirical rigor, efficacy was tested in a laboratory study in which 168 participants were exposed to a terrorism or nonterrorism media clip and for each exposure type to a therapeutic or control intervention. State anxiety and anger were measured before and subsequent to experimental manipulation. The first hypothesis predicting higher post-test anxiety and anger in the terrorism than the nonterrorism exposure group was confirmed, validating the negative effects of exposure. Testing the efficacy of the therapeutic intervention, the second hypothesis predicting, in the terrorism exposure, lower post-test levels of anxiety and anger in the therapeutic than control intervention group was also confirmed. These results support the utility of integrated emotional and cognitive therapeutic intervention. Clinical implications of these results suggest a potentially effective therapeutic strategy for indirect terrorism exposure victims, which is especially important during this new era of terrorism.


Criminology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 809-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIN XIE ◽  
DAVID MCDOWALL

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052095863
Author(s):  
Nicole W. T. Cheung ◽  
Hua Zhong

There is limited knowledge on the possible pathways of victimization among rural dwellers during adolescence in developing contexts, such as rural China, where victimization may compound developmental disadvantages of rural adolescents. Guided by the lifestyle/routine activity theory, the goal of this study thus was to examine how far delinquent lifestyles (delinquent involvement and delinquent peer association); nondeviant routine activities (unstructured socializing with peers, structured activities, and solitary activities); and social guardianship within family, school, and neighborhood contribute to juvenile victimization in a rural setting. The outcomes of interest covered direct victimization (violent, property, and sexual) and indirect victimization (witnessing community violence). The study included 2,839 adolescents (51.2% male; mean age = 13.88 ± 0.90 years) from 30 middle schools in rural China. The delinquent peer influence as a risk factor of direct and indirect victimization appeared to be more profound than delinquent involvement. Solitary activities consistently put rural adolescents at greater risk of direct and indirect victimization, and their role was stronger than that of rural adolescents’ delinquent involvement. No victimization outcomes were predicted by unstructured socializing with peers and structured activities. Attachment to family caregivers and neighborhood cohesion were the strongest social guardianship predictors across all forms of victimization. These results suggest that alongside social guardianship and delinquent lifestyles, rural isolation should be addressed in managing juvenile victimization. The insignificant role of unstructured socializing with peers may raise the need to clarify its conceptual relevance to rural settings. The implications for improving the underdeveloped preventive measures against victimization of rural adolescent populations in developing societies are described.


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