General Offending and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration in Young Adulthood: A Dutch Longitudinal Study. (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Verbruggen, Janna; Blokland, Arjan A. J.; Robinson, Amanda L.; Maxwell, Christopher D.
• Is Part Of: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology. Volume 66:Number 16(2022)
• Page Start: 1796
• Page End: 1820
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: intimate partner violence -- general offending -- young adulthood; Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Criminal psychology -- Periodicals; Violent offenders -- Periodicals; Sex offenders -- Periodicals; Criminology -- Periodicals; 364.3
• DOI: 10.1177/0306624X211022657
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-624X

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between general offending and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration in young adulthood, using a Dutch longitudinal study. Young adults were followed over four waves, and self-reported data on general offending, IPV perpetration, and a number of individual characteristics were collected. Results of random effects models demonstrated that young adults involved in more diverse offending behavior reported higher levels of different types of IPV perpetration, even when individual factors were taken into account. Moreover, logistic regression analyses showed that general offending was also related to an increased likelihood of continuity in IPV perpetration. Taken together, the findings indicate that it is useful to view IPV perpetration as part of a broader criminal career.