Theoretical and empirical research investigating victimization and offending has largely
been either 'victim-focused'or 'offender-focused.'This approach ignores the potential …

Theoretically informed models are required to further the comprehensive understanding of
children's ETV. We draw on the stress process paradigm to forward an overall conceptual …

A growing literature documents deleterious consequences of incarceration for mental health.
Although salient, incarceration is only one form of criminal justice contact and, accordingly …

Youth in secure juvenile justice settings (eg, detention, incarceration) often have histories of
complex trauma: exposure to traumatic stressors including polyvictimization, life-threatening …

Drawing on general strain theory and the terrorism research, this chapter argues that
terrorism is more likely when individuals experience “collective strains” that are a) high in …

Community and school violence continue to be a major public health problem, especially
among urban children and adolescents. Little research has focused on the effect of school …

This book aims to inform students about the latest research and the most promising and
effective programs and for understanding, preventing and controlling juvenile delinquency …

This chapter describes the research on General strain theory (GST), the proposed
revisions/extensions in the theory and areas where further research is needed. It discusses …

According to general strain theory (GST), individuals who experience strain or stress often
become upset and sometimes cope with crime. This simple idea is at the core of GST …

Although research has established an offending/victimization overlap and that offenders and
victims share similar characteristics, much less work has examined the longitudinal …