Polyvictimization Across Social Contexts: Home, School, and Neighborhood Violence Exposure
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Exposure to violence is a widespread problem that affects the mental health of children and adolescents particularly in at-risk populations such as juvenile justice involved youth. While a number of studies have examined the cumulative impact of violence exposure, few studies have examined the importance of social context. The present study examined classifications of youth exposed to violence by contextual location (home, school, and neighborhood) in a sample of 2,124 juvenile justice involved youth. Latent class analysis revealed three classes of youth exposed to violence: (a) low violence exposure, (b) moderate and high home/school violence exposure, and (c) violence exposure in all three social contexts. Furthermore, distal outcomes analysis showed differences in internalizing and externalizing problems based on class membership. Findings from the current study underline the importance of understanding the role of social context in assessing violence exposure in juvenile justice involved youth.
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Rates of poly-victimization, especially among women, in the current sample were higher than in community and other clinical samples, but consistent with more recent estimates and high-risk samples.
“It is important to note that rates of poly-victimization, especially among women, in the current sample were higher than studies assessing poly-victimization in community (Butcher et al., 2016) and other clinical samples (Davis et al., 2019a, 2019b), but are consistent with more recent estimates (Finkelhor et al., 2013) and evidence from high-risk samples (e.g., youth involved in the juvenile just”
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- Authors
- Butcher, F., Holmes, M. R., Kretschmar, J. M., & Flannery, D. J.
- Affiliations
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Butcher, Fredrick
- Venue
- Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-08-20
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1726-1740
- ISSN
- 0093-8548 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3594
- OpenAlex
- W2502817675
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 4.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Criminal Justice and Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- polyvictimization, violence exposure, social environment, domestic violence, school violence, neighborhood violence, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, cumulative risk, latent class analysis
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