Young Adult Reports of the Victim–Offender Overlap in Intimate and Nonintimate Relationships: A Nationally Representative Sample. (March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taylor, Bruce G.; Mumford, Elizabeth A.; Liu, Weiwei; Berg, Mark; Bohri, Maria
• Is Part Of: Criminal justice and behavior. Volume 46:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 415
• Page End: 436
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Subjects: victim–offender overlap -- conflict management -- self-control -- intimate partner violence; Correctional psychology -- Periodicals; 364.6
• DOI: 10.1177/0093854818810322
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0093-8548

Abstract

Little is known about the role of conflict management in explaining the victim–offender overlap. This article assesses the victim–offender overlap for adults (18-32) in intimate and nonintimate relationships, covering their relationship with their partner and with friends and acquaintances/strangers. Controlling for conceptually important variables, we explore whether different conflict management styles are associated with a respondent being in the victim-only, offender-only, both, or neither group (separately for verbal aggression, physical abuse for intimate and nonintimate relationships, and sexual abuse for intimate relationships). Data are from a nationally representative panel of U.S. households ( N = 2, 284 respondents of whom 871 women and 690 men report being in an intimate partnership). We observed a high degree of overlap between victimization and offending across our abuse measures. We found a range of modestly consistent set of risk factors, for example, conflict management styles and self-control, for the victim–offender overlap for partner and nonpartner abuse experiences.