Criminological theory developed without an expectation of a victim–offender overlap. Among
most crime theorists and policymakers, to solve crime it is necessary to solve the criminal …

The strong positive association between offending and victimization, or the victim–offender
overlap, has received considerable amount of research attention in recent years. Empirical …

A consequential development in victimization theory and research was the idea that
individuals with low self‐control self‐select into the various risky behaviors that may …

The “crime drop” is the most important criminological phenomenon of modern times. In North
America, Europe, and Australasia, many common crimes have fallen by half or more since …

Sociologists have given considerable attention to identifying the neighborhood-level social-
interactional mechanisms that influence outcomes such as crime, educational attainment …

Antisocial behaviors in adolescents are present and prevalent around the world and have
harmful consequences for individuals and societies. The research focused on antisocial …

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

Although numerous studies have found a strong relationship between offending and
victimization risk, the etiology of this relationship is not well understood. Largely absent from …

Recent research has compared male and female trends in violent offending in Uniform
Crime Report (UCR) arrest data with similar trends derived from victims' reports in the …

School bullying has always been a global concern. Little is known about the joint occurrence
of bullying perpetration and victimization. Using a large sample of Hong Kong secondary …