범죄 피해 요인의 연령집단별 차이

Abstract

Victimization has many negative impacts on the development of children and adolescents. Theories of victimization investigate why some people are more victimized than others. Victim-offender overlap perspective suggests that victims and offenders share demographic profiles, personal traits, cultural factors, and situational factors. Age is an important factor to examine childhood and adolescent victimization. However, there are few studies examining the effects and differences of age in childhood and adolescent victimization. Based on these arguments, the study examines the differences of victimization by age groups in childhood and adolescence. This study hypothesizes that the distribution of victimization is similar to the distribution of delinquency; gender, grade(age), self-control, parental attachment, delinquent peers, deviant lifestyle, and delinquency would be causes of victimization; the causes of victimization vary by elementary school students, middle school students, and high school students. Korean Crime Victim Survey(VIII): Juvenile victimization in 2017 data are used to test hypotheses. Frequency analysis of grade(age) and ANOVA of age groups are conducted to examine the relationship between the distribution of victimization and delinquency. Regression analysis is conducted to examine the factors of victimization and the difference of age groups. The results show that the distribution of victimization is not related to the distribution of delinquency; gender, grade(age), self-control, parental attachment, delinquent peers, deviant lifestyle, and delinquency become the causes of victimization in childhood and adolescence; the causes of victimization vary by elementary school students, middle school students, and high school students. The findings suggest that the effect of age(grade) on victimization is negative; the most important factor to determine victimization is delinquency; risk factors of victimization in elementary school students are more diverse than middle school and high school students.