Victimizing Behaviour among Juvenile and Young Offenders: How Different Are Perpetrators?

Examines the victimizing behaviors of incarcerated juvenile and young offenders. It was found that 50.9% of all respondents reported victimizing others, with verbal assaults and threats being the most common form of such behaviors. Furthermore, staff-identified "victimizers" were significantly more likely to report victimizing behavior than the rest of the sample. (Contains 44 references and 4 tables.) (GCP)