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Perpetrator and Victim Gender Patterns for 21 Forms of Youth Victimization in the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence

Hamby, Sherry, Finkelhor, David, Turner, Heather·2013·Violence and Victims
DOI 10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00067
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Abstract

Most interest in violence and gender has focused on certain types of victimization such as sex offenses and relational aggression. This study examined gender patterns across numerous forms of youth victimization. The data are from the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), a nationally representative U.S. sample of 4,549 children ages 1 month to 17 years obtained through a telephone survey of caregivers and youth. For 18 of 21 victimization types, male perpetration was significantly more common than female perpetration. Perpetrator–victim patterns revealed that most forms of physical assault and bullying showed a predominantly male-on-male pattern. All forms of sexual assault, plus kidnapping, showed a predominantly male-on-female pattern. Nonphysical maltreatment showed a mixed pattern, with fairly similar rates across all four gender configurations. Many violence types were more severe when perpetrated by males versus females as indicated by higher injury rates and greater victim fear. Higher order analyses by victimization type indicated, among other findings, that victimization types with more stranger perpetrators had more male perpetrators, victimizations with higher percentages of male-on-female and female-on-male incidents were more likely to be sexual offenses, and higher percentages of female-on-female incidents were associated with verbal victimizations. Results also suggest that males are more likely to aggress in more impersonal contexts compared to females. Gender socialization, physical power, and social power appear to intersect in ways that create gendered patterns of violence. These factors, versus a focus on skills deficits, need more attention in prevention and intervention.

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  1. Finkel E. (2008). Intimate partner violence perpetration: Insights from the science of self-regulation. In J. Forgas & J. Fitness (Eds.), Social relationships: Cognitive, affective, and motivational processes. New York, NY: Psychology Press.

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Authors
Hamby, S., Finkelhor, D., & Turner, H.
Affiliations
  • Sewanee: The University of the South (US)
  • University of New Hampshire (US)
ORCID
Venue
Violence and Victims
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Published
2013
Volume
28
Issue
6
Pages
915-939
ISSN
  • 0886-6708 (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7073
DOI
10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00067
OpenAlex
W2018725451
Semantic Scholar
2ccf09e0b6a922ea6444ebf5eb41c00168a38706
Cited by
56
References
32
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FWCI
4.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Violence and Victims (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester) (submittedVersion)
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
youth victimization, gender patterns, sexual assault, bullying, physical assault, kidnapping, verbal victimization, injury severity, gender socialization, physical power, social power, violence prevention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Aggression, Child, Child Abuse, Sexual, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Pedophilia, Population Surveillance, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Sex Distribution, Crime Victims

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