Abstract

The current study aims to 1) identify similarities and differences among the inexperienced, repeat victim, repeat offending, and repeat overlap groups, 2) explore the impact of computer use on each group, and 3) account for the moderating effect of antisocial propensity on the impact of computer use on each group. Using the first two years of the Korean Youth Panel Survey, adolescents were classified as the ‘inexperienced' (n=618), ‘repeat-victimization' (n=777), 'repeat-offending’ (n=522), and ‘repeat-overlap group’ (n=1,101) groups.
 The results showed that the inexperienced group was similar to the repeat-victimization groups, and the repeat-offending group was similar to the repeat-overlap group in terms of time spent on the computer, indicating the connection between computer use and offending. The overlap group was much higher than other groups in terms of computer use, antisocial propensity, and the sources of stress. Multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed that victimization experience was the predictor of repeat victimization, repeat offending, and repeat overlap. Past perpetrators of crime and time spent on the computer were predictors of repeat-offending and repeat-overlap. Also, the time spent on the computer has a greater effect on repeat-offending and repeat-overlap groups with a high antisocial propensity, revealing a moderating effect. Policy implications to prevent repeat victimization and repeat offending are suggested.

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