Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Presentations (1982-2022)
A Propensity Score Matching Approach for Exploring the Victim-offender Overlap
Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
3-29-2016
Copyright
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Abstract or Description
The relationship between victimization and offending is now well established. Research has shown, using comparative, cross-sectional, and longitudinal data, that victims are more likely to become offenders and vice-versa. To-date, a rigorous, quasi-experimental method has not yet been employed to estimate this effect of one variable on the other. This study uses propensity-score matching to investigate the robustness of the victim-offender overlap in a longitudinal, nationally-representative sample of adolescents. Results support the extant body of research on a victim-offender overlap.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting (ACJS)
Location
Denver, CO
Recommended Citation
Posick, Chad.
2016.
"A Propensity Score Matching Approach for Exploring the Victim-offender Overlap."
Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Presentations (1982-2022).
Presentation 6.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/crimjust-criminology-facpres/6
