Heterogeneity in Juvenile Victim Group: Focused on Pure Victim and Offending-Victim Overlap Group

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to classify the groups according to the experiences of the offending and the victimization, and to compare the pure victim groups with the victim-offender group. For this purpose, This study used the Korean Youth Panel Survey data(KYPS) to classify developmental trajectories of offending and victim. The offending group was classified into no offending, middle level rapid-decline, high level reduction group. The victim group was classified into no victim, middle level rapid-decline, high level reduction group. This study assumed that self-control, delinquent friends, and deviant lifestyle were the factors influencing the victim experience. There was a difference in the self-control and the deviant lifestyle between the pure victim group and the victim-offender overlap group. Delinquent friends affected the difference between no offending/no victim and pure victim group. These results show that the pure victim group were victimized by other delinquent friends. In comparison, The victim-offender overlap group has low self-control and deviant lifestyle, and the group is easily exposed to other offender and is victimized.