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Prevalence and predictors of poly-victimization of adolescents in England and Wales.

Tura, F., Nomikos, E. and Betts, L., 2022. Prevalence and predictors of poly-victimization of adolescents in England and Wales. Journal of Interpersonal Violence (August 2022).

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Abstract

This study examined the change in the prevalence of adolescent polyvictimization and individual and area predictors of poly-victimization in England and Wales. The national representative longitudinal Offending, Crime and Justice Survey (2003–2006) was analyzed with data from 2,066 adolescents, aged between 10 and 18 years (mean±SD at Time 1=13.08±2.01), using multilevel multinomial logit models. Findings revealed that the majority of the adolescents (41.6%, 48.5%, 54.6%, 61.6%, respectively) did not experience victimization between 2003 and 2006. However, 28.3%, 25.9%, 19.5%, and 14.5% of the adolescents experienced poly-victimization (experiencing more than or equal to two types of victimizations), with a decrease of 13.8% over the 4-year period. Furthermore, some adolescents were consistent polyvictims, meaning they were poly-victims in all years that they participated in the survey. In particular, 3.57% of the adolescents who participated in the four waves of the survey were poly-victims in all years; 7.41% of the adolescents who participated in three of the four waves of the survey were poly-victims in all years; and 25.79% of the adolescents who participated in two of the four waves of the survey were poly-victims in both years.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0886-2605
Uncontrolled Keywords:adolescents; poly-victimization; risk factors; area deprivation; multilevel modeling
Group:Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
ID Code:37414
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:02 Sep 2022 15:39
Last Modified:02 Sep 2022 15:39

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